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Influence of external magnetic fields on growth of alloy nanoclusters

Mario Einax, Stefan Heinrichs, Philipp Maass, Andrzej Majhofer, Wolfgang Dieterich

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0610589

Abstract

Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations are performed to study the influence of external magnetic fields on the growth of magnetic fcc binary alloy nanoclusters with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The underlying kinetic model is designed to describe essential structural and magnetic properties of CoPt3-type clusters grown on a weakly interacting substrate through molecular beam epitaxy. The results suggest that perpendicular magnetic anisotropy can be enhanced when the field is applied during growth. For equilibrium bulk systems a significant shift of the onset temperature for L12 ordering is found, in agreement with predictions from Landau theory. Stronger field induced effects can be expected for magnetic fcc-alloys undergoing L10 ordering.

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