Research Article

The Size and Shape Dependence of Ferromagnetism in Nanomagnets

Table 2

The various chain-shaped and oblong-shaped spin arrays, their ratio of length to width 𝜂 , the coercive field at 𝑇 = 2 5 𝐾 , and standard deviations of the coercive field.

𝐿 𝑥 × 𝐿 𝑦 𝜂 𝐻 𝑐 ( 𝑇 ) Standard deviation (T)

4 0 × 1 40 0 0
2 0 × 2 10 2.05745 0.15
1 0 × 4 2.5 15.27256 0.6
8 × 5 1.6 16.06252 0.3788

6 0 × 1 60 0 0
3 0 × 2 15 2.97262 0.5
2 0 × 3 6.666 10.76375 0.7
1 5 × 4 3.75 15.17215 0.6
1 2 × 5 2.4 15.97444 0.6884
1 0 × 6 1.6667 15.61092 0.745

8 0 × 1 80 0 0
4 0 × 2 20 3.16916 0.88
2 0 × 4 5 15.40603 0.8985
1 6 × 5 3.2 16.61719 0.9339
1 0 × 8 1.25 15.46548 0.7772

1 2 0 × 1 120 0 0
6 0 × 2 30 3.68 0.8
4 0 × 3 13.33 10.1 0.8
3 0 × 4 7.5 16.1 0.9
2 4 × 5 4.8 17.1 0.95
2 0 × 6 3.33 16.05 0.6
1 5 × 8 1.875 15.46 0.9
1 2 × 1 0 1.2 15.49 0.85