MFM Study of the Domain Structure of Permalloy Microparticles under Mechanical Stress

© 2018 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. The domain structure of planar permalloy (Py) microparticles was studied under mechanical stress. An array of Py particles was formed by electron beam evaporation of Py on flat and preliminarily bent glass substrates. After evaporation the substrate was unbent and the Py particles were compressed along one axis. The change of the domain structure of stressed particles in comparison with that of unstressed particles was studied. It was shown that the change of the domain structure of Py particles depends on their compression ratio

Fabrication of magnetic micro- and nanostructures by scanning probe lithography

Planar magnetic structures based on cobalt nanofilms have been obtained by scanning probe lithography. It has been shown that ferromagnetic nanoparticles with different domain structures can be formed by local oxidation of a cobalt film on a graphite substrate with the use of a conductive probe of an atomic force microscope (AFM). Using AFM nanoengraving of polymethylmethacrylate, masks were formed to obtain microcontact pads connected by cobalt nanowires with a width of 250-1400 nm and a thickness of 10-30 nm on the silicon dioxide surface. The topography and magnetization structure of the obtained samples were controlled by atomic and magnetic force microscopy. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd

Visualization of mechanical stress of near-surface layer by analyze of MFM images of planar permalloy microparticles formed on surface

The work was support by RFBR 17-08-00915

Magnetic structure of nickel nanowires after the high-density current pulse

© 2016, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.Changes in the magnetic structure of nickel nanowires formed on a nonconductive surface after the high-density current pulse have been investigated using magnetic force microscopy and voltammetry. Based on the obtained experimental data and results of the computer simulation, it has been concluded that the main reason for the change in the magnetic structure is the heating of the nanowire by a current pulse. It has been shown that, during the subsequent cooling, the newly formed magnetic structure is pinned by surface roughnesses of the relief of the nanowire under investigation

Investigation of the domain structure transformation under mechanical deformations in permalloy microparticles

Using magnetic force microscopy (MFM) and computer simulation it was shown that the mechanical compression of the permalloy microparticles leads to the increase in the effective anisotropy field and the noticeable decrease in the external magnetic field value necessary for the formation of the uniform magnetization in the compressed particle. The analysis of MFM images of microparticles covering the whole substrate surface made it possible to conclude about the uniform or nonuniform distribution of stresses induced in the particles in the different area of the substrate

Magnetization Reversal of Permalloy Microparticles with the Configuration Anisotropy by Magnetic-Force Microscopy

© 2018, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. Abstract—Magnetic force microscopy has been used to study the distribution of the magnetization in permalloy microparticles with a configurational anisotropy. The triangular particles with different degrees of concavity of the lateral sides have been studied. An analysis of the results enables us to state that the particles can be in several quasi-homogeneous stable states. It is shown that the particle magnetization reversal can occur both stepwise and also via an intermediate state in the dependence on the particle orientation. It is demonstrated that the quasi-homogeneous magnetization orientation in a particle can be changed by a magnetic-force microscope probe

Heat-assisted effects in ferromagnetic nanoparticles

The processes of the magnetization reversal by the external magnetic field of the Py particles have been studied by magnetic force microscopy in the temperature range of 300-650 K. The values of the switching field of the particle magnetization and the switching field distribution for the particles array have been determined. The switching field and the field distribution decrease significantly with increasing temperature. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd

MFM study of switching magnetization in particles with configurational anisotropy obtained by the microsphere lithography

This work was partially supported by the RFBR grant 18-02-00204