A hybrid model on hysteresis loop and coercivity in nanostructured permanent magnets

Abstract

A simplified micromagnetic model has been proposed to calculate the hysteresis loops of nanostructured permanent magnets for various configurations, including thin films, exchange-coupled double-layer systems and bulk materials. The reversal part of the hysteresis is based on the Stoner-Wohlfarth coherent rotational model and the coercivity mechanism is due mainly to the motion of the transition region (a domain wall like magnetic moment distribution in the grain boundary The elements of nucleation and pinning models are also incorporated. © World Scientific Publishing Company.