Monte Carlo study of the transverse susceptibility in ordered arrays of magnetic nanoparticles

Abstract

We present Monte Carlo simulations of the reversible transverse susceptibility (RTS) for a hexagonal array of dipolar interacting magnetic nanoparticles with random anisotropy. RTS curves with the bias-field in-plane and out-of-plane are compared. With increasing temperature the RTS curves evolve from a three-peak structure to a double-peak and eventually a single-peak at the blocking temperature of the system. This trend is preserved for weak interactions. Dipolar interactions at low temperature are responsible for the suppression of the coercivity peak in the out-of-plane geometry and its progressive merge to the anisotropy peak with decreasing interparticle separation in the in-plane geometry. The anisotropy peaks are located at higher field values in the out-of-plane geometry relative to the in-plane one. When the bias field lies in-plane (out-of-plane) the anisotropy peaks are shown to shift to lower (higher) field values with decreasing interparticle separation. The coercivity peak shifts to lower field values in both geometries. Our results are compared with recent experimental findings in self-assembled arrays of Fe nanoparticles.