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Magnetic domain wall pinning in cobalt ferrite microstructures

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Ruiz Gómez,  Sandra
Spin3D: Three-Dimensional Magnetic Systems, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Ruiz Gómez, S., Mandziak, A., Martín-García, L., Prieto, J. E., Prieto, P., Munuera, C., et al. (2022). Magnetic domain wall pinning in cobalt ferrite microstructures. Applied Surface Science, 600: 154045, pp. 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154045.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-BD69-C
Abstract
A detailed correlative structural, magnetic and chemical analysis of (non-stoichiometric) cobalt ferrite micrometric crystals was performed by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism combined with photoemission microscopy, low-energy electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The magnetization vector inside the islands was resolved at the nanoscale, as obtained from magnetic images taken at different x-ray incidence angles. The location of the magnetic domain walls was correlated with the presence of different types of defects as revealed by the different microscopies. This, together with the results of micromagnetic simulations, suggests that the main source of pinning in these microcrystals are linear structural defects induced in the spinel structure by the substrate steps underneath the islands. Our result is of relevance for understanding the different magnetic properties of thin films and nanostructures as compared with the corresponding bulk materials. © 2022 The Authors