Abstract
Nickel nanorods (NRs) capped with gold (Au/Ni) were grown into porous anodic aluminum oxide templates and subsequently transferred onto Au/Si (100) substrates. A high dense 2D array of Ni and Au/Ni nanorods was analyzed by vibrating sample magnetometry; it was found that an increase in 14.8% of the magnetic moment following the deposition of Au caps. In order to further investigate this phenomenon, the magnetic distribution of Au/Ni nanorods was studied by off-axis electron holography. The magnetization and induction strengths were evaluated to be 4.7 × 105 A/m and 0.62 T, respectively, which is equivalent to magnetometry measurements of the Ni NR arrays. Remarkably, a vortex state configuration was imaged in the Au segment by the retrieved magnetic phase of the electron holograms under free lens conditions of the transmission electron microscope column. It was concluded that the magnetic distribution in the Au segment is associated with a ferromagnetic coupling with Ni and correlated with the magnetometry measurements.
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