Journal
MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 222, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.111024
Keywords
Magnetic nanowires; Multisegmented nanostructure; Racetrack memory device; Magnetization reversal modes
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Funding
- Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) [IF/01159/2015, EXPL/IF/00541/2015]
- Atraccion de Talento (CAM) [2020-T1/IND-19889]
- National Research Foundation of Ukraine [IF/01159/2015]
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [EXPL/IF/00541/2015]
- FCT
- COMPETE 2020 (FEDER) [2020-T1/IND-19889, 02.2020/0261, 734801, POCI-01- 0145-FEDER-028676, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031302]
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [POCI-01- 0145-FEDER-032257]
- Network of Extreme Conditions Laborato-ries (NECL) [UIDB/04968/2020]
- [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032527]
- [PID2020-117024 GB-C42]
- [NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-022096]
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This study demonstrates the feasibility of using Ni90Cu10/Fe20Co80 segmented NW as the writing element, where magnetic information is written by applying external magnetic fields. The results show that the soft segment (NiCu) induces a two-step reversal process of the hard segment (FeCo) when coupled, reducing its coercive and effective anisotropy fields. Micromagnetic simulations confirm the experimental observations.
Multi-segmented cylindrical nanowires (NWs) are the most promising systems for 3D racetrack memory devices, where information is stored as in-line magnetic domains. However, reading and writing information is still a challenge, as external reading/writing heads have to be implemented near the tracks. The writing component should be made of a bilayered soft/hard coupled magnetic system, so that information could be easily written by external magnetic fields. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of using a Ni90Cu10/Fe20Co80 segmented NW as the writing element, in which magnetic information is written by applying external magnetic fields. Using low-cost template-assisted electrodeposition methods, single, bi- and multi-segmented NW hexagonal arrays of NiCu and FeCo/Au were fabricated. A throughout magnetic characterization using magnetic hysteresis loops, ferromagnetic resonance and first-order reversal curves (FORCs) revealed that the soft segment (NiCu) induced the reversal of the hard segment (FeCo) in a two-step process, reducing its coercive and effective anisotropy fields when coupled. Finally, micromagnetic simulations certified the experimental observations of a multi-step reversal process. This work demonstrates the important role of interface interactions for the future implementation of an inline writing component in a 3D racetrack memory device, enhancing their potential applicability. (C) 2022 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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