Asymmetric dynamic behaviors of magnetic domain wall in trapezoid-cross-section nanostrip

Field-driven magnetic domain wall propagation in ferromagnetic nanostrips with trapezoidal cross section has been systematically investigated by means of micromagnetic simulation. Asymmetric dynamic behaviors of domain wall, depending on the propagation direction, were observed under an external magnetic field. When the domain walls propagate in the opposite direction along the long axis of the nanostrip, the Walker breakdown fields as well as the average velocities are different. The asymmetric landscape of demagnetization energies, which arises from the trapezoidal geometry, is the main origin of the asymmetric propagation behavior. Furthermore, a trapezoid-cross-section nanostrip will become a nanotube if it is rolled artificially along its long axis, and thus a two-dimensional transverse domain wall will become a three-dimensional one. Interestingly, it is found that the asymmetric behaviors observed in two-dimensional nanostrips with trapezoidal cross section are similar with some dynamic properties occurring in three-dimensional nanotubes.

RC-Circuit-Like Dynamic Characteristic of the Magnetic Domain Wall in Flat Ferromagnetic Nanowires

We investigate the dynamic behavior of the magnetic domain wall under perpendicular magnetic field pulses in fiat ferromagnetic nanowires using micromagnetic simulations. It is found that the perpendicular magnetic field pulse can trigger the magnetic domain wall motion, where all the field torques axe kept on the plane of nanowire strip. The speed of magnetic domain walls faster than several hundreds of meters per second is predicted without the Walker breakdown for the perpendicular magnetic driving field stronger than 200mT. Interestingly, the dynamic behavior of the moving magnetic domain wall driven by perpendicular magnetic field pulses is explained by charging- and discharging-like behaviors of an electrical RC-circuit model, where the charging and the discharging of magnetic charges on the nanowire planes are considered. The concept of the RC-model-like dynamic characteristic of the magnetic domain wall might be promising for the applications in spintronic functional devices based on the magnetic domain wall motion.

Revisiting the pinning sites in 2:17-type Sm-Co-Fe-Cu-Zr permanent magnets

It is still an open debate whether the 1:5 H cell boundaries(CBs)or the intersections of 1:3 R platelets and1:5 H CBs are the strong pining sites for the cellular nanostructured 2:17-type Sm-Co-Fe-Cu-Zr high temperature permanent magnets despite that they have been widely applied in advanced industries since 1970 s.Herein,through tuning the volume fraction of Zr-enriched 1:3 R platelets by varying the second-step aging time,the pinning behavior in a model magnet Sm_(2.5)Co_(44.9)Fe_(21.5)Cu_(5.6)Zr_(3.0)(wt%)was investigated.The results show that the volume fraction of 1:3 R platelets can be effectively enlarged without changing the cell size(i.e.the volume fraction of CBs)by extending the aging time at 400℃.Micro scopic TEM characterizations co mbined with macro scopic magnetic measurements reveals that the locally thickened 1:3 R platelets after long-term second-step aging reduce the effective pinning area by interrupting the magnetic domain walls at CBs,weakening the average pinning strength and the coercivity of the magnet.Consequently,our work supports that the 1:5 H CBs act as the dominating pinning sites instead of the intersections of 1:3 R platelets and 1:5 H CBs,which may provide an important insight towards understanding the hard magnetism of pinning-controlled permanent magnets.