Magnetic modelling at nanoscale level

Abstract

With the development of the information technology in all areas of present life, high-density data storage devices are in great demand. Currently, the bit dimension is below a micron and in the future will approach the nanoscale level. At present, not many theoretical approaches are available to explain the magnetic information storage properties at nanoscale level, as there is a lack of experimental data for example. This is due to difficulty in implementing measurement techniques for magnetic properties at this low scale. In this article, we have presented a short review of the most used methods to represent the physical behaviour at microscale level. Our goal was to apply some of these methods at a nanoscale range, where the physical properties change dramatically and various physical effects cannot be neglected that are not considered at micron scale. Some of the results regarding the simulation of magnetic properties of the nanostructured patterned media and comparison with experimental data are also presented.