Magnetizations of a nanoparticle described by the transverse Ising model

Abstract

The characteristic influences of size S, exchange interaction and transverse field on the longitudinal and transverse magnetizations of a ferroelectric small particle described by the transverse Ising model are investigated by the use of the standard mean-field theory. In particular, the longitudinal magnetization of a nanoparticle is strongly affected by the surface situations. The effective exponent β eff of the longitudinal magnetization is also studied. We find some characteristic phenomena of β eff , depending on the values of S and the ratios of the physical parameters. In relation of recent investigations, the thermal variations of longitudinal and transverse magnetizations in the nanoparticle, consisting of a ferromagnetic core with size S=3 surrounded by a ferromagnetic surface shell with an antiferromagnetic inter-shell coupling, are examined and some typical ferrimagnetic behaviors are found in them. In relation to these phenomena, the effects of surface dilution on the magnetizations are investigated and some novel features are found in the system with size S=3 surrounded by such a ferromagnetic diluted surface shell.