“…31 So there exists the reversed domain, but the energy barrier is at hard grain interface hindering the domain wall motion. [32][33][34][35] In magnetization reversal, the nucleation of reversed domain is necessary, 32,[36][37][38] and in the magnetic relaxation a thermally activated nucleation is transferred into hard grain surface, which is due to that the energy barrier is reduced by the isotropic exchange coupling and overcome with the driving of thermal fluctuation, 20,38,39 subsequently leading to the depinning and free propagation of domain wall within the hard grain. Therefore, although the thermal activation involves magnetization reversal in soft grains, it originates from magnetization reversal in hard grains owing to the exchange coupling at hard grain interface.…”