Magnetostatic interaction in oriented assembly of elongated nanoparticles

TL;DR

This paper investigates the magnetostatic interactions between elongated spheroidal nanoparticles, revealing limitations of spherical approximations and analyzing how these interactions influence the magnetic behavior of nanoparticle assemblies.

Contribution

It provides exact calculations of the magneto-dipole interaction matrix for spheroidal nanoparticles and assesses the impact on hysteresis loops in assemblies.

Findings

Spherical approximation is inaccurate for aspect ratios > 1.25 at typical distances.

First order correction aligns well with numerical data for aspect ratios < 1.5.

Hysteresis loops depend on particle orientation and assembly density.

Abstract

The elements of the magneto-dipole (MD) interaction matrix are calculated for a pair of oriented spheroidal magnetic nanoparticles with a semiaxes ratio a/b = 1.25, 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 as a function of the distance between the particle centers. It is shown that the spherical approximation for MD interaction matrix is incorrect already at aspect ratios a/b > 1.25, if the distance R between the particle centers is of the order of particle sizes. However, for moderate particle aspect ratios, a/b < 1.5, the first order correction to spherical approximation with respect to a corresponding small parameter is shown to be in a good agreement with numerical data. Using exact MD interaction matrix, the quasi-static hysteresis loops of dilute assemblies of oriented clusters of spheroidal nanoparticles with different filling densities are calculated, depending on the direction of the external magnetic field with respect to the particle orientation axis.