Mixed spin-3/2 and spin-2 nanowire: magnetic properties and hysteresis behaviors

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to investigate the magnetic properties and the hysteresis loops behavior of a ferrimagnetic cubic nanowire with mixed spins S_A = 3/2 and S_B = 2.

Design/methodology/approach

We have used the Monte Carlo simulation to examine the influences of the exchange interaction J_B, the crystal field ∆ and the temperature on the magnetic properties and hysteresis loops of the nanowire. More exactly, we have shown the temperature dependence of the sublattice magnetizations (m_A and m_B) and the total magnetization (M) for several values of the Hamiltonian parameters, as well as the corresponding phase diagrams. Finally, the effect of an external magnetic field is studied by plotting the hysteresis loops of the system for different values of exchange interaction, crystal field and temperature.

Findings

The obtained results show the existence of second-order phase transitions, as well as the compensation behavior. Moreover, according to the values of the Hamiltonian parameters, the system can exhibit one, two or three hysteresis loops.

Originality/value

The magnetic nanowires are of great interest in experimental works, but without theoretical explanations, the experimental results cannot be clarified in depth. For this, we contribute through this theoretical study to understand the nanowires, especially those with mixed spins (2, 3/2).

Citation

El Kihel, K., Aharrouch, R., Qahoom, Y.A., Madani, M., Hachem, N. and El Bouziani, M. (2021), "Mixed spin-3/2 and spin-2 nanowire: magnetic properties and hysteresis behaviors", Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 615-629. https://doi.org/10.1108/MMMS-09-2020-0233