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most citedSpeed limit of FePt spin dynamics on femtosecond timescales

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 8 cited

Automated calculations of exchange magnetostriction

P. Nieves, S. Arapan, S. H. Zhang +3

We present a methodology based on deformations of the unit cell that allows to compute the isotropic magnetoelastic constants, isotropic magnetostrictive coefficients and spontaneo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

First-principles calculations of the spontaneous volume magnetostriction based on the magnetoelastic energy

P. Nieves, S. Arapan, D. Legut

We present a simple methodology to compute the spontaneous volume magnetostriction with first-principles calculations on the basis of the magnetoelastic energy. This method makes u…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 15 cited

Atomistic simulations of magnetoelastic effects on sound velocity

P. Nieves, J. Tranchida, S. Nikolov +2

In this work, we leverage atomistic spin-lattice simulations to examine how magnetic interactions impact the propagation of sound waves through a ferromagnetic material. To achieve…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

MAELAS 2.0: A new version of a computer program for the calculation of magneto-elastic properties

P. Nieves, S. Arapan, S. H. Zhang +3

MAELAS is a computer program for the calculation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy, anisotropic magnetostrictive coefficients and magnetoelastic constants in an automated way…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 6 cited

Influence of grain morphology and orientation on saturation magnetostriction of polycrystalline Terfenol-D

P. Nieves, D. Legut

In this work we computationally study the effect of microstructure on saturation magnetostriction of Terfenol-D (TbDyFe) by means of Finite Element Method.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 30 cited

Spin-lattice model for cubic crystals

P. Nieves, J. Tranchida, S. Arapan +1

We present a methodology based on the Néel model to build a classical spin-lattice Hamiltonian for cubic crystals capable of describing magnetic properties induced by the spin-orbi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 20 cited

MAELAS: MAgneto-ELAStic properties calculation via computational high-throughput approach

P. Nieves, S. Arapan, S. H. Zhang +3

In this work, we present the program MAELAS to calculate magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy, anisotropic magnetostrictive coefficients and magnetoelastic constants in an automate…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 4 cited

Computational Design of the Rare-Earth Reduced Permanent Magnets

A. Kovacs, J. Fischbacher, M. Gusenbauer +6

Multiscale simulation is a key research tool for the quest for new permanent magnets. Starting with first principles methods, a sequence of simulation methods can be applied to cal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 3 cited

The influence of antiphase boundary of the MnAl -phase on the energy product

S. Arapan, P. Nieves, S. Cuesta-López +6

In this work we use a multiscale approach toward a realistic design of a permanent magnet based on MnAl -phase and elucidate how the antiphase boundary defects present in this m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 64 cited

Database of novel magnetic materials for high-performance permanent magnet development

P. Nieves, S. Arapan, J. Maudes +16

This paper describes the open Novamag database that has been developed for the design of novel Rare-Earth free/lean permanent magnets. The database software technologies, its frien…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 8 cited

Magnetization switching of FePt nanoparticle recording medium by femtosecond laser pulses

R. John, M. Berritta, D. Hinzke +11

Manipulation of magnetization with ultrashort laser pulses is promising for information storage device applications. The dynamic of the magnetization response depends on the energy…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 52 cited

Multiscale modeling of ultrafast element-specific magnetization dynamics of ferromagnetic alloys

D. Hinzke, U. Atxitia, K. Carva +4

A hierarchical multiscale approach to model the magnetization dynamics of ferromagnetic ran- dom alloys is presented. First-principles calculations of the Heisenberg exchange integ…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 44 cited

Quantum Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch equation and its comparison with the classical case

P. Nieves, D. Serantes, U. Atxitia +1

The detailed derivation of the quantum Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch (qLLB) equation for simple spin-flip scattering mechanisms based on spin-phonon and spin-electron interactions is prese…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 121 cited

Speed limit of FePt spin dynamics on femtosecond timescales

J. Mendil, P. C. Nieves, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko +4

Magnetization manipulation is becoming an indispensable tool for both basic and applied research. Theory predicts two types of ultrafast demagnetization dynamics classified as type…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 103 cited

The Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch equation for ferrimagnetic materials

U. Atxitia, P. Nieves, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko

We derive the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch (LLB) equation for a two-component magnetic system valid up to the Curie temperature. As an example, we consider disordered GdFeCo ferrimagnet w…