Title :
Magnetic force microscopy studies of patterned magnetic structures
Author :
Zhu, Xiaobin ; Grutter, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada
Abstract :
Magnetic force microscopy is a very powerful tool for studying magnetic nanostructures. In this paper, we demonstrate that magnetic force microscopy is a tool for imaging, manipulating and characterizing magnetization switching and switching-field variability, and studying magnetostatic coupling.
Keywords :
ferromagnetic materials; magnetic force microscopy; magnetic hysteresis; magnetic particles; magnetic switching; magnetisation reversal; nanoparticles; imaging; local hysteresis loop technique; magnetic force microscopy; magnetic nanostructures; magnetization switching; magnetostatic coupling; manipulating; nanomagnets; patterned magnetic particles; patterned magnetic structures; switching-field variability; Frequency; Magnetic force microscopy; Magnetic forces; Magnetic separation; Magnetic switching; Magnetosphere; Magnetostatics; Nanostructures; Physics; Surfaces;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2003.816170
