Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Publication Date
Page Numbers
1700 to 1704
Volume
320
Issue
10
Abstract
Unlike the coercive field Hc of a bulk ferrimagnet, which diverges at the compensation temperature
Tcomp, the coercive field of a polycrystalline ferrimagnet with uni-axial anisotropy is shown to have a
minimum at Tcomp. Despite this behavior, the field required for domain-wall motion still diverges at
the compensation temperature. These ideas are used to treat a ferrimagnetic class of molecule-based
magnets that exhibit a minimum coercivity at Tcomp.
