Enhancement of magnetic ordering by the stress fields of grain boundaries in ferromagnets

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In the paper we predict a distinctive change of magnetic properties and considerable increase of the Curie temperature caused by the strain fields of grain boundaries in ferromagnetic films. It is shown that a sheet of spontaneous magnetization may arise along a grain boundary at temperatures greater than the bulk Curie temperature. The temperature dependence and space distribution of magnetization in a ferromagnetic film with grain boundaries are calculated. We found that 45∘ grain boundaries can produce long-range strain fields that results in the width of the magnetic sheet along the boundary of the order of 0.5 ÷1 μm at temperatures grater than the bulk Curie temperature by about 10² K.