Complex magnetic interactions and charge transfer effects in highly ordered NixFe1−x nano-wires

► Local magnetic interactions within NixFe1−x nano-wires was probed by XMCD. ► Couplings among electronic, magnetic and structural properties within NixFe1−x nano-wires. ► Unequally influential characteristics of Ni and Fe within NixFe1−x nano-wires.