title: Mapping the magnetic and crystal structure in cobalt nanowires.
abstract: Using off-axis electron holography under Lorentz microscopy conditions to experimentally determine the magnetization distribution in individual cobalt (Co) nanowires, and scanning precession-electron diffraction to obtain their crystalline orientation phase map, allowed us to directly visualize with high accuracy the effect of crystallographic texture on the magnetization of nanowires. The influence of grain boundaries and disorientations on the magnetic structure is correlated on the basis of micromagnetic analysis in order to establish the detailed relationship between magnetic and crystalline structure. This approach demonstrates the applicability of the method employed and provides further understanding on the effect of crystalline structure on magnetic properties at the nanometric scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle , San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cantu-Valle
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle , San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Betancourt
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle , San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle , San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Zepeda
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota , 4-174 EE/CSci Bldg., 200 Union St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Mazin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Maqableh
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle , San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Santoyo
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota , 4-174 EE/CSci Bldg., 200 Union St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Bethanie J H
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Stadler
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle , San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ponce