@article{ffa6634f22634bf4b0fe8e5732d78052,
title = "Phase-field simulation of strain-induced domain switching in magnetic thin films",
abstract = "The strain-induced magnetic domain switching in epitaxial CoFe2 O4 (CFO) thin films was studied using phase-field method. In particular, we investigated the domain switching from an initial in-plane direction to out-of-plane under the action of in-plane elastic strains. An abrupt switching feature is observed for a single-domain film while the switching of a multidomain CFO thin film is gradual. Typical magnetic domain structures as a result of the biaxial isotropic in-plane strains are presented.",
author = "Hu, {Jia Mian} and G. Sheng and Zhang, {J. X.} and Nan, {C. W.} and Chen, {L. Q.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the NSF under Grant No. DMR-1006541. The computer simulations were carried out on the LION and Cyberstar clusters at the Pennsylvania State University supported in part by the NSF grants (Grant Nos. DMR-0820404, DMR-0908718, DMR-9983532, and DMR-0122638) and in part by the Materials Simulation Center and the Graduated Education and Research Services at the Pennsylvania State University. This work was also financially supported by the NSF of China (Grant Nos. 50832003 and 50921061), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB623303), and in part by the China Scholarship Council.",
year = "2011",
month = mar,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1063/1.3567542",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "98",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "11",
}