Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Heusler alloys

Tuning exchange bias

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Materials

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Exchange bias is a magnetic phenomenon that has facilitated the ever-increasing storage density of magnetic recording systems. The finding of high tunable exchange bias in certain Heusler alloys indicates new routes for the design of rare-earth-free hard magnetic materials.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Structures with two sublattices.

References

  1. Meiklejohn, W. H. & Bean, C. P. Phys. Rev. 102, 1413–1414 (1956).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Nogués, J. et al. Phys. Rep. 422, 65–117 (2005).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Nayak, A. K. et al. Nature Mater. 14, 679–684 (2015).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Graf, T., Felser, C. & Parkin, S. S. P. Prog. Solid State Chem. 39, 1–50 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Per Nordblad is in the Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden,

    Per Nordblad

Authors
  1. Per Nordblad
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Per Nordblad.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Nordblad, P. Tuning exchange bias. Nature Mater 14, 655–656 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4331

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4331

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation