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Magnetic Characterisation of Ni Triangular Elements Prepared by Nanosphere Lithography |
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H. Głaczyńska
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, U. Ebels
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, J. Rybczyński
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, W. Kandulski
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and M. Giersig
b
a SPINTEC (URA 2512 CNRS/CEA), CEA/Grenoble 17 Av. Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France b Center of Advanced European Studies And Research, CAESAR/Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn, Germany |
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| A systematic study of the magnetic properties of submicron equilateral Ni triangles is reported. The triangular shape is a result of the particular preparation method used, which is based on a new kind of nanosphere lithography technique. In this case, the magnetic material is deposited through a latex sphere mask, yielding a periodic hexagonal array of in-plane magnetised triangular shaped elements. The magnetic properties were investigated as a function of thickness by magnetic force microscopy, superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry and vibrating sample magnetometry. |
| PACS numbers: 75.75.+a, 75.60.Ej, 61.46.+w |