2005/01/01 by Olivier Fruchart · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles #Magnetic properties of thin films #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.other
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2004.11.007
published as Comptes Rendus Physique 6 (2005) 61 · 13 pages, submitted in 2004. Part of a Special Issue about Self-organization on surfaces, published in C. R. Physique
openalex publication_date 2005/01/01 · arxiv created 2005/04/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Self-organization of magnetic materials is an emerging and active field. An overview of the use of self-organization for magnetic purposes is given, with a view to illustrate aspects that cannot be covered by lithography. A first set of issues concerns the quantitative study of low-dimensional magnetic phenomena (1D and 0D). Such effects also occur in microstructured and lithographically-patterned materials but cannot be studied in these because of the complexity of such materials. This includes magnetic ordering, magnetic anisotropy and superparamagnetism. A second set of issues concerns the possibility to directly use self-organization in devices. Two sets of examples are given: first, how superparamagnetism can be fought by fabricating thick self-organized structures, and second, what new or improved functionalities can be expected from self-organized magnetic systems, like the tailoring of magnetic anisotropy or controlled dispersion of properties.