Reversible and irreversible magnetization components behavior in Ni nanowires

Polycrystalline Ni nanowires were electrodeposited in nanoporous anodized alumina membranes with mean diameter of approximately 42 nm. Their magnetic properties were studied at 300 K, by measurements of recoil curves from demagnetized state and also from saturated state. Mrev and Mirr components were obtained and Mrev(Mirr)H curves were constructed from the experimental data. These curves showed a behavior that suggests a non-uniform reversal mode influenced by the presence of dipolar interactions in the system. A qualitative approach to this behavior is obtained using a Stoner–Wohlfarth model modified by a mean field term and local interaction fields.