STRUCTURE, MAGNETIC PROPERTIES AND GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE OF YMn6Sn6-xGax (x=0-0.6) COMPOUNDS

Structure, magnetic and transport properties of YMn₆Sn_6-xGa_x (0≤x≤0.6) compounds with a HfFe₆Ge₆-type structure were investigated. It was found that the Ga substitution leads to a contraction of the unit-cell volume. A transition from an antiferromagnetic to a ferromagnetic (or ferrimagnetic) state can be observed for samples (0.1≤x≤0.2) with increasing temperature. The antiferro-ferromagnetic transition for samples with x≤0.2 can also be induced by an external field. The required field is very low, and decreases with increasing Ga concentration. More Ga concentration (x≥0.3) leads to the samples being ferromagnetic in the whole temperature range below the Curie temperature. The Ga substitution weakens the interlayer magnetic coupling between the Mn spins. Corresponding to the metamagnetic transition, a magnetoresistance as large as 32% under a field of 5 T was observed at 5 K for the sample with x=0.2.     

Neutron powder diffraction investigation on the crystal and magnetic structure of (Ho(0.50+x)Ca(0.50-x))(Mn(1-x)Cr(x))O3

The crystal and magnetic structure of (Ho(0.50+x)Ca(0.50-x))(Mn(1-x)Cr(x))O(3) (x = 0.00, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03) has been investigated between 5 and 300 K by means of neutron powder diffraction followed by Rietveld refinement and dc magnetic measurements. During cooling an orthorhombic to monoclinic phase transition occurs on account of the charge and orbital ordering taking place in the Mn sub-lattice; at low temperature phase separation takes place and the main monoclinic phase coexists with a secondary orthorhombic phase, whose amount slightly increases with the increase of Cr content. Cr(3+) is not involved in orbital ordering or superexchange interactions. The charge and magnetic ordering are decoupled: the Mn moments order according to a CE-type structure in all samples.     

Y_(1-x)Pr_xBa_2Cu_3O_(7-δ)单晶的生长与退火效应研究

采用顶部籽晶提拉法成功生长出了Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7-δ(x=0.07215,0.23960)单晶样品。利用X射线结构分析技术对生成单晶进行了表征,通过对样品进行了不同时间的退火处理,结合超导磁化特性测量,讨论了单晶样品超导转变温度Tc随退火温度和Pr替代含量的变化,并根据单晶样品磁化特性曲线,从低场下的布拉格玻璃态到高场下的磁通玻璃态的相变角度对尖峰效应进行了初步分析。     

Structure, spin reorientation and M(o)ssbauer effect studies of Tb0.3Dy0.7(Fe1-xAlx)1.95 alloys

The effect of Al substitution for Fe on crystal structure, magnetostriction and spontaneous magnetostriction, anisotropy and spin reorientation of a series of polycrystalline Tb0.3Dy0.7(Fe1-xAlx)1.95 alloys (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.35) at room temperature and 77 K was investigated systematically. It was found that the primary phase of Tb0.3Dy0.7(Fe1-xAlx)1.95 is the MgCu2-type cubic Laves phase structure when x < 0.4 and the lattice constant a of Tb0.3Dy0.7(Fe1-xAlx)1.95 increases approximately and monotonically with the increase of x. The substitution of Al leads to the fact that the magnetostriction ( inceases slightly in a low magnetic field (H ≤ 40 kA/m), but decreases sharply and is easily close to saturation in a high applied field as x increases, showing that a small amount of Al substitution is beneficial to a decrease in the magnetocrystalline anisotropy. It was also found that the spontaneous magnetostriction (ζ)111 decreases greatly with x increasing. The analysis of the M(o)ssbauer spectra indicated that the easy magnetization direction in the {110} plane deviates slightly from the main axis of symmetry with the changes of composition and temperature, namely spin reorientation. A small amount of non-magnetic phase exists for x = 0.15 in Tb0.3Dy0.7(Fe1-xAlx)1.95 alloys and the alloys become paramagnetic for x > 0.15 at room temperture, but at 77 K the alloys still remain magnetic phase even for x = 0.2. At room temperature and 77 K, the hyperfine field decreases and the isomer shifts increase with Al concentration increasing.     

La0.7-xDyxSr0.3MnO3中的相分离和输运行为

通过测量样品的M-T曲线、 M-H曲线、 ESR曲线、ρ-T曲线和MR-T曲线, 研究了Dy掺杂(0.0≤x≤0.30)对La0.7Sr0.3MnO3磁电性质的影响. 实验结果表明 在TC处所有样品都经历了顺磁到铁磁的转变; 当T＜TC时, 掺杂样品进入自旋团簇玻璃态, 低温时显示出反铁磁性; x=0.20时, 样品在TC以上温区发生相分离; Dy掺杂引起的磁结构变化将导致CMR效应.     

Magnetic properties and magnetoresistance effect of Y1-xGdxMn6Sn6 (x=0－1) compounds

The magnetic properties and magnetoresistance effect of Y_1-xGd_xMn₆Sn₆ (x=0－1) compounds have been investigated by magnetization and resistivity measurements in the applied field range (0－5 T). Compounds with x=0.4－1 display ferrimagnetic behaviours in the whole magnetic ordering temperature range, while compounds with x=0－0.2 display a field-induced metamagnetic transition, and the threshold fields decrease with increasing Gd content. The compounds with x=0.1－0.2 undergo an antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic transition with increasing temperature. The cell-parameter a and c and cell-volume V of compounds (x=0－1) increase with increasing Gd content. It was found that the saturation magnetization M_s of the compounds (x=0.4－1) decreases, while the ordering points of the compounds (x=0－1)increase with increasing Gd content. A large MR effect was observed in the compound with x=0.2, and the maximum absolute value of MR at 5 K under 3 T is close to 19.3%.     

磁感应强度和冷却速率对Tb_(0.27)Dy_(0.73)Fe_(1.95)合金凝固过程中取向行为的影响

实验研究了磁感应强度和冷却速率对Tb_(0.27)Dy_(0.73)Fe_(1.95)合金凝固过程中(Tb,Dy)Fe_2相取向行为及合金磁性能的影响.结果表明,将强磁场作用于Tb_(0.27)Dy_(0.73)Fe_(1.95)合金的凝固过程可以制备出(Tb,Dy)Fe_2相沿111取向的组织,同时显著提高了合金的磁致伸缩性能;通过提高磁感应强度可以在更快的冷却速率下得到111取向的组织;在4-10 T范围内,随着冷却速率的增加,(Tb,Dy)Fe_2相沿111取向所需的磁感应强度增加,而发生(110)取向的磁感应强度减小.随着冷却速率的增加,合金的饱和磁化强度增加,而强磁场的施加对合金饱和磁化强度的变化没有明显影响.(Tb,Dy)Fe_2相的取向行为受*Tb,Dy)Fe_3相取向行为的影响,且由磁晶各向异性能与磁场作用时间共同控制.     

La0.8-xCa0.2MnO3纳米颗粒的居里温度与磁热效应

采用溶胶凝胶法制备了系列La_0.8-xCa_0.2MnO₃多晶样品,用X射线衍射分析确定了样品的钙钛矿结构,用透射电子显微镜观察了样品的形貌及粒径分布情况,用PAR155型振动样品磁强计测量了样品的磁性随外场和温度的变化,确定样品的居里温度并计算了各样品的磁熵变.磁测量及计算结果表明制备的各样品的居里温度在180—260K的范围内且随焙烧温度和La³⁺离子空位浓度的不同而变化,不同温度焙烧的样品均有较大的磁熵变值,其中1100℃焙烧的La_0.77Ca_0.2MnO₃,多晶样品在240.5K,H=1.0T的外场下的磁熵变达3.76J/kg·K,对实验结果做了定性的分析.该材料具有较高的居里温度和较大的磁熵变,所需外场强度适中,电阻率高,性能稳定,适合做高温磁制冷材料. 关键词： 钙钛矿 居里温度 磁热效应     

Mictomagnetic State in an EuBaCo<Subscript>2–<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>O<Subscript>5.5–δ</Subscript> Single Crystal

The magnetic properties of an EuBaCo_1.9O_5.36 single crystal are studied in the temperature range T = 2–300 K and the magnetic field range H ≤ 90 kOe. This binary layered cobaltite single crystal has vacancies in the cobalt and oxygen sublattices, in contrast to the stoichiometric EuBaCo₂O_5.5 composition. All cobalt ions in EuBaCo1.9O5.36 are in a trivalent state. The single crystal has an orthorhombic structure with space group Pmmm, and its unit cell parameters are a = 3.883 Å, b = 7.833 Å, and c = 7.551 Å. The field and temperature dependences of the magnetization of the single crystal demonstrate that it is ferrimagnet below T_C = 242 K. At T < 300 K, all three spin states of the Co³⁺ ions are present. The nearest-neighbor interactions give antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic (FM) contributions to the exchange energy. The ratio of the AFM to the FM contributions changes when temperature decreases because of a change in the spin state of the Co³⁺ ions. The single crystal exhibits signs of mictomagnetism at low temperatures in high magnetic fields. At T = 2 K and H = 90 kOe, the zero-field and nonzero-field magnetizations are strongly different because of a uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, which tends to set magnetization along the magnetic field applied in cooling throughout the crystal volume. As a result, a complex ferrimagnetic structure with a noncollinear direction of Co³⁺ spins appears. The following phenomena characteristic of mictomagnets are also observed in the EuBaCo_1.9O_5.36 single crystal: a shift in a magnetization hysteresis loop when temperature decreases, retained hysteretic phenomena and no magnetization saturation in high magnetic fields, and an orientation transition. The mictomagnetic state in EuBaCo_1.9O_5.36 is shown to be caused by the structural distortions induced by vacancies in the cobalt and oxygen sublattices and by the frustration of AFM and FM exchange interactions.     

Heusler合金Mn50–xCrxNi42Sn8的相变、磁性与交换偏置效应

研究了Mn50–xCrxNi42Sn8 (x=0, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8)多晶样品的相变、磁性和交换偏置效应.结果表明,该系列合金在室温下都具有非调制的四方马氏体结构.马氏体逆相变温度随Cr含量增加而逐渐降低. 20 k Oe磁场下的M-T曲线表明,该系列合金的磁性比较弱.两相之间的磁性差最大为△M=7.61 emu/g.磁性的变化主要与Mn-Mn间距的变化以及Ni(A位)-Mn(D位)间杂化作用的强弱有关.在低温下,马氏体相的磁性随着Cr含量增加而增强.在500 Oe的外加磁场作用下,从室温冷却到5 K,在Mn50Ni42Sn8合金中观察到高达2624 Oe的交换偏置场.随着Cr含量的增加,交换偏置场逐渐减小.当Cr含量x=0.8时,随着冷却场的增加, 5 K时的交换偏置场先迅速增加然后逐渐减小.当冷却场为500 Oe时,交换偏置场最大.这主要归因于自旋玻璃态与反铁磁性区域的界面交换耦合作用的变化.     

112型铁基化合物EuFeAs2的单晶生长与表征

铁基超导体中含有一类特殊的112型结构化合物,其层状结构中含有一层锯齿形的As链构型.本文报道了用CsCl助熔剂法生长新型铁基112型EuFeAs₂母体单晶的具体方法,以及对该单晶的结构和物性的详细表征.通过能量色散X射线能谱扫描对单晶样品进行的化学成分分析,以及单晶X射线衍射的结构解析,确定该单晶样品属于EuFeAs₂相,结构精修得到EuFeAs₂具有空间群为Imm2（No.44）的正交晶体结构,晶格常数分别是a=21.285（9）Å,b=3.9082（10）Å,c=3.9752（9）Å.通过低温电阻测量,发现在110 K附近和46 K附近存在两个异常电阻跳变.进一步分析表明,110 K附近存在两个邻近的相变,这两个相变与铁基母体材料中常见的结构相变和Fe²⁺的反铁磁相变相符合.结合磁化率测量分析,可知46 K附近的相变属于Eu²⁺的反铁磁相变.     

Jahn-Teller distortion and magnetoresistance in electron doped Sr1-xCexMnO3 (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4)

Neutron and electron diffraction, electrical transport and magnetic measurements have been carried out on a newly synthesized electron doped Sr_1-xCe _x MnO₃ (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) system. For x=0.1, while cooling, it undergoes a first-order metal-insulator transition at 315 K which is associated with a structural transition from cubic (Pm3m) to tetragonal (I4/mcm) due to Jahn-Teller ordering () which stabilizes a chain like (C-type) antiferromagnetic ground state with . The antiferromagnetic insulator state is insensitive to an applied magnetic field of 7 T. With increase of x, while the nuclear structure at room temperature for x=0.2 and 0.3 remains tetragonal, for x=0.4 it becomes orthorhombic (Imma) where the doping electrons seem to occupy mainly the d _x2-y2 symmetry. Further, the JT distortion and the antiferromagnetic interactions decrease with doping and a small negative magnetoresistance appears for . Magnetic measurements show that the dilution of antiferromagnetic interaction results into a spin glass like behaviour at low temperature for the samples with x=0.3 and 0.4. This behaviour is in contrast with the CMR properties of calcium based electron doped systems and hole doped manganites. The stability of C-type antiferromagnetic ordering in the electron doped system with large A-site cationic size may be responsible for the absence of double exchange ferromagnetism and CMR effect. Received 10 September 1999     

Pr0.2Yb0.8-xLaxBa2Cu3O7-δ体系的超导电性和磁性

本文研究了Pr_0.2Yb_0.8-xLa_xBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ体系的晶体结构,超导电性和磁性。结果表明,在Pr含量不变的条件下,超导转变温度随稀土离子半径增大而降低,当x≈0.65时,T_c=0;电子比热和费密能级上的态密度也随稀土离子半径增大而降低。并讨论了稀土离子半径与杂化的关系。 关键词：     

Short-range magnetic order,irreversibility and giant magnetoresistance near the triple points in the (x,T) magnetic phase diagram of ZrMn<Subscript>6</Subscript>Sn<Subscript>6-x</Subscript>Ga<Subscript>x</Subscript>

We have studied pseudo-layered ZrMn₆Sn_6-xGa_x intermetallics (0.55 ≤ x ≤ 0.81) using magnetic, magnetoresistivity and powder neutron diffraction measurements. All the alloys studied have magnetic ordering temperatures in the 450-490 K temperature range. They present complex temperature-dependent partially disordered magnetic structures whose ferromagnetic component develops upon increasing the Ga content. ZrMn₆Sn_6-xGa_x alloys with x ≤ 0.69 are essentially collinear antiferromagnets at high-temperature and adopt antifan-like arrangements at low temperature. For x ≥ 0.75, the alloys order ferromagnetically and evolve to a fan-like structure upon cooling. The intermediate compositions (x = 0.71 and 0.73) present a canted fan-like order at high temperature and another kind of antifan-like arrangement at low temperature. The degree of short-range order tends to increase upon approaching the intermediate compositions. The (x, T) phase diagram contains two triple points (x ~ 0.70; T ~ 460 K and x ~ 0.74; T ~ 455 K), where the paramagnetic, an incommensurate and a commensurate phases meet, which possess some of the features of Lifshitz point. Irreversibilities manifest in the low-temperature magnetization curves at the antifan-fan or fan-ferromagnetic boundaries as well as inside the fan region. Giant magnetoresistance is observed, even above room temperature.     

Ga替代对纳米晶Nd(Fe,Co)B黏结磁体磁性能的影响

探讨了微量的Ga替代Fe对Nd₂(Fe,Co)₁₄B/(Fe,Co)₃B+(少量)α-Fe永磁材料的晶体结构及磁性能的影响,并讨论了双相纳米晶磁体性能的变化机理以及所适用的理论模型.结果表明,Ga的添加不仅使晶粒尺寸显著变小,而且在Ga含量x<1at%的范围,随着x的增加,B_r和(BH)_max随退火时间的变化关系由形似马鞍的曲线转化为抛物曲线;矫顽力_jH_c先下降到一个最小值后再上升;当x=0.2时,综合磁性能较好 关键词： 双相纳米晶磁体 快淬 退火 交换耦合 磁性能     

Gd3Co29-xCrx新相化合物的结构与磁性

制备出具有室温单轴磁晶各向异性的非间隙型Co基Gd3Co29-xCrx化合物(x=65和70)，x射线衍射和磁性测量表明所有单相化合物均属于单斜晶系，Nd3(Fe,Ti)29型结构和A2/m空间群.Gd3Co29-xCrx化合物的居里温度在x=65时为412 K，x=70时为359 K. Gd3Co29-xCrx化合物在x=65 时磁化强度随温度的变化曲线表明，在居里温度以下的某一温度处有一补偿点，在补偿点处求得晶格分子场系数nRT=33 T f.u./μB. 关键词： Gd3Co29-xCrx化合物 x射线衍射 磁晶各向异性     

Probing magnetic fields on crystals of the nanomagnet Mn12-acetate by electron paramagnetic resonance

We report on electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) probing of magnetic fields and magnetic field gradients near the surface of a single crystal of the nanomagnet [Mn12O12(CH3COO)16(H2O)4].2CH3COOH.4H2O (Mn12-Ac). As the EPR probe, we utilized a 0.7 mm x 30 microm x 30 microm fibrous needle of the organic conductor N-methylphenazinium-tetracyanoquinodimethane (NMP-TCNQ), which yields an exceptionally sharp peak, with a 0.2 G (approximately 20 microT) width. In the presence of Mn12-Ac, the probe's peak exhibits splitting on temperature lowering, which depends on the orientation of the Zeeman field relative to the axis of easy magnetization of the employed Mn12-Ac crystal. The shifted peaks yield the magnitude of the magnetic field from Mn12-Ac crystal to which the various fibers of the probe are subjected. In conjunction with electron microscopy, the shifts yield the field gradient at the crystal surface and its change with temperature. For Mn12-Ac at 10 K, the surface magnetic field was measured to be in the mT range and its gradient on the order of 50 T/m.     

Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects of Mn5G3-xGax

We report on the magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects of Mn_5Ge_{3-x}Ga_x compounds with x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.9. All samples crystallize in the hexagonal Mn_5Si_3-type structure with space group P6_3/mcm and order ferromagnetically. The Curie temperature of these compounds decreases with increasing x, from 306K (x=0.1) to 274K (x=0.9). The average Mn magnetic moments increases with increasing Ga content, reaching a maximum value at x=0.6. The magnetic entropy changes in these compounds are determined from the temperature and field dependence of the magnetization using the thermodynamic Maxwell relation. The Ga substitution has two kinds of influence on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of Mn_5Ge_3. One is that the magnitude of the magnetic entropy change decreases, the other is that the MCE peak becomes broadened.     

1H NMR study of static and fluctuating internal Magnetic fields in Tb(C2H5SO4)3 · 9 H2O ising ferromagnet

The pulsed NMR method is applied to an analysis of a complicated structure of inhomogeneous internal fields in a ferromagnetic crystal. Proton magnetic resonance in the Ising ferromagnet TbES at a temperature range from 1.6 K down to 35 mK is studied at frequencies of 10–35 MHz. A complicated picture of static and fluctuating internal magnetic fields in the crystal is presented. Interatomic distances are shown to have an uncertainty of the order of 0.2% due to defects in the crystal lattice. The fluctuations of internal magnetic fields produced by thermal excitation and spin-spin relaxation of Tb³⁺ ions give rise to the effective nuclear magnetic relaxation: 1/T₁₍₂₎～exp (δ/kT), where δ is the energy splitting of the lowest Tb³⁺ quasi-doublet. The rate of these fluctuations in TbES at low temperatures is approximately equal to 2×10⁷ s^?1 being independent of temperature and magnetic field.     

Structure, magnetic properties and M?ssbauer spectra of La0.67Sr0.33FexMn1???xO3 manganites oxide prepared by mechanical ball milling method

La_0.67Sr_0.33Fe_xMn_1-xO₃, with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 1 have been elaborated by mechanical system. X-ray diffraction, Scanning electron microscopy, Magnetic measurements and M?ssbauer spectroscopy for the systems have been investigated. Rietveld analysis of the X-ray powder diffraction show that the samples crystallise in the orthorhombic perovskite system with Pnma space group. The average particle size of about 60 nanometre was obtained from scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The investigated samples exhibit a ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition with increasing temperature. The presence of manganese in the structure leads to an increase of the Curie temperature as well as to spontaneous magnetization. The magnetization versus applied magnetic field shows a small coercive field and an unsaturated magnetization which indicates that the nanoparticles of all samples are superparamagnetic at around room temperature. Room temperature M?ssbauer spectra show that the samples with x = 0.1 and x = 1.0 contain minority α-Fe₂O₃ and other spinel ferrite species. Also, they indicate that Fe^3?+? ions are present in slightly distorted octahedral sites in the samples with x = 0.1 and 0.2, while mixed Fe valency was observed for the sample with x = 1.0.