Abstract

Ordered arrays of Ni and Co nanowires and nanotubes, with diameters between 30 nm and 60 nm, were prepared by electrodeposition into nanoporous alumina templates. The study of the corresponding magnetization reversal processes was performed by analyzing the angular dependence of coercivity (Hc) and using a simple analytical model. The agreement between experimental and theoretical data shows that magnetization in nanowire arrays reverses by means of nucleation and propagation of a transverse domain wall, independently of the diameter. However, a critical diameter of ~ 50 nm was found in the case of nanotubes, above which a nonmonotonic angular dependent Hc was observed, evidencing a transition between vortex and transverse reversal modes.

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