简介:FenanowirearraywithstrongshapeanisotropywasemployedasthesoftphaseinNd-Fe-Bbasednanocomposites.TheeffectsoftheFenanowiredistributiononmagneticpropertiesofthenanocompositeswereinvestigatedbymicromagneticsimulation.TheresultsindicatethattheshapeanisotropyofFewiresaddedinthesamedirectionastheuniaxialmagnetocrystallineanisotropyofthehardphasecannotincreasethecoercivityofthenanocomposite.Whenthenanowiresaredistributedperpendiculartotheeasyaxisofthehardphase,theshapeanisotropyofsoftphasecanretardthemomentsfromrotatingtothefullreverseddirection,leadingtoenhancedcoercivity.Inaddition,withincreasingthenanowirediameter,thecoercivityofthenanocompositedecreases,butthedipolarinteractionshowsdifferentrolesinmagneticreversalofnanocompositefordifferentdistributionsofnanowires.ThecurrentresultssuggestthatthecoercivityoftheNd2Fe14B/α-Fenanocompositecanbeenhancedbyintroducingthesoftmagneticnanowirearraywiththediameterlessthantheexchangelengthandwiththelongaxisalongthedirectionotherthantheeasyaxisofhardphase.