TY - JOUR AB - Combining soft and hard magnetic materials is not only of technological importance in diverse spintronics elements, but also of high interest in basic research. Here, we report on different arrays combining iron and nickel, e.g., by embedding circular nanodots of one material in a matrix of the other. Micromagnetic simulations were performed using OOMMF. Our results show that magnetization reversal processes are strongly influenced by neighboring nanodots and the magnetic matrix in which the nanodots are embedded, respectively, which becomes macroscopically visible by several steps along the slopes of the hysteresis loops. Such material combinations allow for preparing quaternary memories and are thus highly relevant for applications in data storage and processing. AU - Sudsom, Devika AU - Ehrmann, Andrea ID - 1601 IS - 1 JF - Materials Proceedings KW - micromagnetic simulation KW - OOMMF KW - nanodots KW - antidots KW - array KW - spintronics TI - Micromagnetic Simulations of Magnetic Particles Embedded in Magnetic or Non-Magnetic Matrices VL - 4 ER - TY - JOUR AB - Combining clusters of magnetic materials with a matrix of other magnetic materials is very interesting for basic research because new, possibly technologically applicable magnetic properties or magnetization reversal processes may be found. Here we report on different arrays combining iron and nickel, for example, by surrounding circular nanodots of one material with a matrix of the other or by combining iron and nickel nanodots in air. Micromagnetic simulations were performed using the OOMMF (Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework). Our results show that magnetization reversal processes are strongly influenced by neighboring nanodots and the magnetic matrix by which the nanodots are surrounded, respectively, which becomes macroscopically visible by several steps along the slopes of the hysteresis loops. Such material combinations allow for preparing quaternary memory systems, and are thus highly relevant for applications in data storage and processing. AU - Sudsom, Devika AU - Ehrmann, Andrea ID - 1624 IS - 2 JF - Nanomaterials KW - micromagnetic simulation KW - OOMMF KW - nanodots KW - antidots KW - array KW - spintronics TI - Micromagnetic Simulations of Fe and Ni Nanodot Arrays Surrounded by Magnetic or Non-Magnetic Matrices VL - 11 ER -