纳米世界介绍——纳米磁结构Magnetic Nanostructures.pptVIP

MRAM - 11/02/2005 Magnetic Nanostructures and Nanomagnetism OUTLINE: Nanomagnetism Characterization of Magnetic Nanostructures Preparation of Low D Magnetic structures Applications I.Nanomagnetism THREE REASONSWHY PROPERTIES ARE DIFFERENTWHEN MATERIALS POSSESSSOME NANOSCALE DIMENSION Magnetism in reduced dimensions HIGHER DENSITYMAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIACHANGES WITH SIZE REDUCTION(BOTH THICKNESS LATERAL SIZE) SOFT MAGNETIC PROPERTIES WHEN MATERIALS POSSESSSOME NANOSCALE DIMENSION Normally, coercivity increases withdecreasing grain size.But, when the grain size becomescomparable to the domain wall width,magnetic coercivity begins dropping with the grain size and magnetic hysteresis decreases!!! Magnetization at nanoscale II.Characterization of Magnetic Nanostructures 1.Observation of MagneticHysteresis at the NanometerScale by Spin-Polarized ScanningTunneling Spectroscopy 2. Observation of Magnetic Domain in nanowires by MFM IV. Possible Applications of Magnetic Nanostructures:Increased storage indensity Huge data storage systems In this study, 300-nm-thick alumina membranes have been used, with a 60 nm pore size and a 1010/cm2 ~;60 Gbit/in2) pore density. Ferromagnetic materials generally form domain structures to reduce their magnetostatic energy. In very small ferromagnetic systems, however,the formation of domain walls is not energetically favored. Specifically, in a dot of ferromagnetic material of micrometer or submicrometer size, a curling spin configuration—that is, a magnetization vortex—has been proposed to occur in place of domains. When the dot thickness becomes much smaller than the dot diameter, usually all spins tend to align in-plane. In the curling configuration, the spin directions change gradually in-plane so as not to lose too much exchange energy, but to cancel the total dipole energy. In the vicinity of the dot center, the angle between adjacent spins then becomes increasingly larger when the spin directions