Exchange bias, reentrant phenomena and compensation behavior in a core–shell ferrimagnetic nanotube: Theoretical investigation of a disordered system's magnetic and energetic behavior within the framework of effective field theory approach.

We studied the compensation behavior, the reentrant phenomena characterizing first order phase transitions, and the exchange bias effect manifested by asymmetric hysteresis loops for a core–shell nanotube with mixed spin (1 , 3 / 2) by combining both the effective field theory and the probability distribution technique. Since our system is intended to be disordered on the shell, a uniform distribution for the exchange anisotropy proposed. Among the interesting results are the compensation behavior in the ideal and disordered cases, where we noticed a critical behavior manifested by total magnetization persistence, the compensation behavior accompanied by the reentrant phenomena, as well as the multi-loops behavior, exchange bias effect, and magnetic susceptibility. Internal energy, Helmholtz free energy, and double peak specific heat are also used to invoke the energetic aspect. • Ferrimagnetic systems' magnetic properties. • Disordered magnetic systems. • Reentrant magnetic phenomena. • Multi-hysteresis loops and hysteresis loops. • First order phase transition and compensation temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]