Abstract:
The effects of gsain size on the effective anisotropy constant <K
sh> between the exchange-coupled magnetically soft(α-Fe) and hard(Nd
2Fe
14B) nano-grains were investigated. Considering the existence of the interfacial exchange coupling between grains, the grain can be divided into two parts: inner part without interfacial exchange-coupling effects(uncoupled) and interfacial part with interfacial exchange coupling effects(coupled). For the given soft grain size D
s, <K
sh> increases with the increasing hard grain size D
h, and then approaches the magnetic anisotropy of the hard phase. For the given D
h, <K
sh> increases with decreasing D
s. A large <K
eff> is predicted in nanocomposite for the hard grain size larger than 35 nm and the soft grain size about 10 nm.