Title
Energy Evolution, Stabilization, and Mechanotransducer Properties of Fe3 O4 Vortex Nanorings and Nanodisks
Date Issued
01 August 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Niraula G.
Toneto D.
Joshy E.
Ayesh A.I.
Garcia F.
Muraca D.
Denardin J.C.
Goya G.F.
Sharma S.K.
Universidad de Brasilia
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
Recent reports on spin structures produced in nanomaterials due to confinement of spins imposed by geometrical restrictions are at the center of rising scientific interest. Topological curling magnetic structures (vortices) exhibit unique properties, regarding the energy profile, good colloidal stability in suspensions, manipulation under a low-frequency magnetic field, and torque exertion. The last property provides the potential to mechanically eradicate cancer cells via magnetomechanical actuation using remote ac magnetic fields. Here, we study, theoretically and by micromagnetic simulations, the magnetic energy evolutions for vortex nanosystems, i.e., Fe3O4 nanodisks (NDs) and nanorings (NRs). The obtained results for magnetic energy, magnetic susceptibility, and magnetization reversal confirm that the vortex-domain structure in NRs exhibits better stability and avoids agglomeration in solution, owing to the presence of a central hole, whereas the presence of a vortex core in NDs induces magnetic remanence. Although NDs are found to exert slightly higher torques than NRs, this weakness can be compensated for by a small increase (i.e., approximately equals 20%) in the amplitude of the applied field. Our results provide evidence of the magnetic stability of the curling ground states in NRs and open the possibility of applying these systems to magnetomechanical actuation on single cells for therapeutics in biomedicine, such as cancer-cell destruction by low-frequency torque transduction.
Volume
16
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85112438985
Source
Physical Review Applied
ISSN of the container
2331-7019
Sponsor(s)
G.N. is grateful to the Brazilian funding agency CAPES and PPGF-UFMA for providing a doctorate fellowship. S.K.S. is grateful to PPGF-UFMA for support in this project. J.A.H.C. thanks CNPq and FAPDF for financial support. J.C.D. thanks ANID/Fondecyt Grant No. 1200782 for financial support. G.F.G. acknowledges partial financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (Project No. PID2019-106947RB-C21).
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