Miriam Jaafar

TL;DR: Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) has become a truly widespread and commonly used characterization technique that has been applied to a variety of research and industrial applications as discussed by the authors, where the main advantages of the method include its high spatial resolution (typically ∼50 nm), ability to work in variable temperature and applied magnetic fields, versatility, and simplicity in operation, all without almost any need for sample preparation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that triangular nanodots offer a real alternative where vortex chirality, in addition to polarity, can be controlled by applying a suitable out-of-plane magnetic field component.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple magnetic phenomenological model has been developed to obtain the remanence as a function of the magnetostatic interactions in the array, and the existence of two short-range magnetic orderings with similar energies can explain the typical labyrinth pattern observed in magnetic force microscopy images of the nanowire arrays.

TL;DR: In this article, a combination of desorption and Kelvin probe force microscopy experiments plus theoretical calculations confirms that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the main contaminant for graphitic surfaces in air ambient conditions.

TL;DR: The microstructure and mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel 316 LVM (Low Vacuum Melting) blasted with either small and rounded ZrO2 particles or larger and angular shaped Al2O3 particles are analyzed through magnetic force microscopy, synchrotron radiation diffraction and ultramicroindentation techniques.