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Modeling the magnetomechanical behavior of a multigrain magnetic particle in an elastic environment
Mikhail V Vaganov1, Dmitry Yu Borin, Stefan Odenbach
1Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Perm, 614013, Russia. mikhail.vaganov.sci@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The Stoner-Wohlfarth model of a single-domain grain is applied to a complex situation: magnetization of a solid multigrain particle embedded in an elastic medium. In this situation, application of a magnetic field establishes a specific magnetomechanical process: polarization and switching of individual grains change the net energy of the particle and, as a result, make it rotate as a whole relative to the matrix. Because of that coupling, the magnetic hysteresis loop of a particle composed of highly coercive grains progressively shrinks with the increase of the matrix compliance. The effect is studied theoretically by numerical simulations on a particle comprising several hundred magnetically uniaxial grains with randomly oriented easy axes. The results of the model are discussed with regard to magnetic measurements performed on dispersions of spherical NdFeB microparticles in PDMS matrices of varied stiffness.
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