Application of artificial neural networks for prediction of coercivity of highly ordered cobalt nanowires synthesized by pulse electrodeposition

This study aims to predict the coercivity of cobalt nanowires fabricated by Alternating Current (AC) pulse. Coercivity is one of the most important properties of magnetic materials and its value shows the needed magnetic field in a way that magnetization of system is decreased to zero. There are many parameters such as pH of solution, oxidative and reductive times, oxidative and reductive voltages, interval between pulses (off-time), and concentration of deposition solution that have direct effect on materials magnetic properties of. Change of initial conditions to obtain the best results is very time consuming, therefore employing a method which can save both the time and cost is necessary. Hence, it this study Artificial Neural Network (ANN), which has numerous applications and has attracted many attentions in various fields, was applied. Through this study, an ANN was designed to present a template that is capable for predicting output data (coercivity) according to input data (pH, oxidative and reductive times, oxidative and reductive voltages, and off-time). Besides, in this research, the results for pH = 4 and 6 were investigated and the effect of off-time as well as the deposition time on coercivity were studied. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.