Transition from superparamagnetism to ferromagnetic single-domain in a Heisenberg model for nano-cluster magnetic system

Authors
Citation
Yz. Shao et Zh. He, Transition from superparamagnetism to ferromagnetic single-domain in a Heisenberg model for nano-cluster magnetic system, CHIN PHYS L, 17(5), 2000, pp. 367-369
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
0256307X → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
367 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-307X(2000)17:5<367:TFSTFS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
By considering a magnetic system of an ensemble of nanometer clusters witho ut any external magnetic field, the Monte Carlo simulation of the Heisenber g model is used to investigate the transition from a superparamagnetism to a ferromagnetic single-domain state, which is caused by the growth of the c lusters. We studied the variation of the dynamic growth exponent P and the transition critical size of the cluster N-c against the reduced temperature t and the uniaxial anisotropy constant A. We found that the growth exponen t maximized at a certain temperature, other than being taken as a universal constant as some researchers suggested previously.