  The exchange interaction between nanostructured components is an effective
way to enhance the magnetic properties of materials. This effect is used in
exchange-coupled magnetic composites, which properties are governed by
synergetic impact of constituent phases. Texturing is one of the problems that
needs to be solved in order for such composites to be used in industry. In this
work, we performed experimental and micromagnetic investigation of the
exchange-bias properties in Co/Co3O4 nanocomposites based on nanorods array.
Specifically, we investigated how the resulting properties will change
depending on the nanorods texture. Our experiments proved previous theoretical
calculations of exchange-bias nanorods array-based composites that showed that
magnetic properties of such materials are dependent on the internal texture.
Tailoring the texture can lead to either increase of exchange-bias field, or to
enhancement of material coercivity.
