Effect of size distribution on magnetic properties in cobalt nanowires

Cobalt nanowires were synthesized by reduction of carboxylate salts of Co in 1, 2-butanediol using a solvothermal chemical process. These nanowires crystallize with the hcp structure and the growth axis is parallel to the crystallographic c-axis. The morphology of the nanowires that prepared with me...

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Main Authors: Huanhuan Xu, Qiong Wu, Ming Yue, Chenglin Li, Hongjian Li, Subhashini Palaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2018-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5006555
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Summary:Cobalt nanowires were synthesized by reduction of carboxylate salts of Co in 1, 2-butanediol using a solvothermal chemical process. These nanowires crystallize with the hcp structure and the growth axis is parallel to the crystallographic c-axis. The morphology of the nanowires that prepared with mechanical stirring during earlier stage of the reaction process exhibits a smaller averaged aspect ratio but narrow size distribution. The assembly of the nanowires that prepared with mechanical stirring shows almost same coercivity and remanent magnetization but 59% increase of magnetic energy product. This remarkable improvement of energy product has been further understood by micromagnetic simulations. The magnetic performance at variant temperatures of Co nanowires has also been presented. These ferromagnetic nanowires could be new ideal building blocks for permanent magnets with high performance and high thermal stability.
ISSN:2158-3226