The effect of thickness and annealing condition on the microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe/Pt multilayer thin films

[Fe(0.5 nm)/Pt(0.5 nm)]₄₀, [Fe(1 nm)/Pt(1.5 nm)]₂₀ and [Fe(3 nm)/Pt(3 nm)]₁₀ multilayer were prepared by DC magnetron sputtering. By conventional furnace annealing (CA) at 270–600 °C for various time, all of the films still remained the disordered structure with the soft magnetic phase. By rapid thermal annealing (RTA) at 500 °C for various time, we obtained the [Fe(1 nm)/Pt(1.5 nm)]₂₀ and [Fe(3 nm)/Pt(3 nm)]₁₀ films with L1₂ ordered FePt₃ phase which was almost ferromagnetic at room temperature. However, the [Fe(0.5 nm)/Pt(0.5 nm)]₄₀ films was still disordered state even under RTA. Compared with CA, RTA exposed an outstanding effect on accelerating the phase transition when the film thickness is over [Fe(0.5 nm)/Pt(0.5 nm)]₄₀.     

Formation of Mo and MoSx nanoparticles on Au(1 1 1) from Mo(CO)6 and S2 precursors: electronic and chemical properties

Mo(CO)₆ can be useful as a precursor for the preparation of Mo and MoS_x nanoparticles on a Au(1 1 1) substrate. On this surface the carbonyl adsorbs intact at 100 K and desorbs at temperatures lower than 300 K. Under these conditions, the dissociation of the Mo(CO)₆ molecule is negligible and a desorption channel clearly dominates. An efficient dissociation channel was found after dosing Mo(CO)₆ at high temperatures (>400 K). The decomposition of Mo(CO)₆ yields the small coverages of pure Mo that are necessary for the formation of Mo nanoclusters on the Au(1 1 1) substrate. At large coverages of Mo (>0.15 ML), the dissociation of Mo(CO)₆ produces also C and O adatoms. Mo nanoclusters bonded to Au(1 1 1) exhibit a surprising low reactivity towards CO. Mo/Au(1 1 1) surfaces with Mo coverages below 0.1 ML adsorb the CO molecule weakly (desorption temperature<400 K) and do not induce C–O bond cleavage. These systems, however, are able to induce the dissociation of thiophene at temperatures below 300 K and react with sulfur probably to form MoS_x nanoparticles. The formed MoS_x species are more reactive towards thiophene than extended MoS₂(0 0 0 2) surfaces, MoS_x films or MoS_x/Al₂O₃ catalysts. This could be a consequence of special adsorption sites and/or distinctive electronic properties that favor bonding interactions with sulfur-containing molecules.     

Kinetic interface roughening and magneto resistance of sputter-deposited Fe/Ni75B25 multilayers

The roughening of interfaces as a function of layer thickness and magneto transport properties have been investigated on sputter-deposited Fe/Ni₇₅B₂₅ multilayer films. X-ray reflectivity data were recorded for Ni₇₅B₂₅(72 nm) film and for [Fe(2 nm)/Ni₇₅B₂₅(2 nm)]₁₆ and [Fe(4 nm)/Ni₇₅B₂₅(4 nm)]₈ multilayer films. A power law dependence of the interfacial width of growing Fe/Ni₇₅B₂₅ interfaces was observed. The resulting growth exponents β were found to be in the range of 0.55–0.58 in the initial growth stage of the multilayer with lower Fe/Ni₇₅B₂₅ repetition thickness and at approximately 0.34 for multilayer with higher repetition thickness. The growth exponents were compared with theoretical calculations. High resolution electron microscopy revealed the columnar growth of the Fe/Ni₇₅B₂₅ multilayer. Additionally, an increase of magnetoresistance was observed by the multilayering of Ni₇₅B₂₅ films with Fe interlayers.     

Measurement of L X-ray production cross sections and Li subshell fluorescence yields

L_i (i=1, 2 and 3) X-ray production cross sections have been measured for 14 elements in the atomic number range 55≤Z≤81 at 15.73 keV. The values of L_i subshell fluorescence yields (ω₁, ω₂ and ω₃) have been determined using the presently measured X-ray production cross sections and the theoretical L_i subshell photoionization cross sections values, Coster–Kronig transition probabilities and radiative emission rates. The measured X-ray production (XRP) cross-sections and fluorescence yield values were compared with the theoretical and semi empirical values, respectively.     

Insights into the sonochemical decomposition of Fe(CO)5: theoretical and experimental understanding of the role of molar concentration and power density on the reaction yield

The present work analyses, in detail, the optimization of a sonochemical process with respect to concentration of precursor and power supplied in a system. This is due to that even a small change in power dramatically changes the high-energy conditions created with the bubble collapse. A model reaction that has been considered for this purpose involves the decomposition of Fe(CO)₅ in decalin solvent as this reaction is strongly influenced by the cavitation conditions. Sonochemical treatment of this carbonyl results in the formation of amorphous Fe₂O₃, which on heat treatment gives nanocrystalline Fe₂O₃. It has been observed that concentration and power density parameters play an important role to obtain higher decomposition of Fe(CO)₅ and hence higher yield of the amorphous Fe₂O₃ product. Also, using the experimentally observed results, a correlation (polynomial) has been developed.     

HREELS investigation of CO and K coadsorption on Fe(110)

The coadsorption of CO and K on Fe(110) has been studied using HREELS. Three adsorption states of CO with distinct C-O stretch frequencies have been found. These states, which are occupied sequentially during the exposure to CO and named as ₁,₂ and ₃, have strong (₁), intermediate (₂) and weak (₃) interaction respectively between the adsorbed CO molecule and the coadsorbed K. The distance between the CO molecule and the nearest K neighbor is the shortest for the ₁ state and the longest for ₃. The distance for the latter is estimated to be larger than 6 Å.     

Heavy ion interactions of (14.0 MeV/u) Pb with U

The interactions of ²⁰⁸Pb projectiles with ^natU target have been studied at 14.0 MeV/u beam energy using two different threshold detectors; mica and lexan. The elastic scattering data have been separated from the binary events and used for the determination of quarter-point angle θ_1/4 (≡ grazing angle θ_gr). The values of maximum angular momentum , radius of interaction R_int and reaction cross-section σ_R^exp(el.) were then deduced by making use of the value of θ_1/4. The data of inelastic events of different multiplicities have been used to determine partial reaction cross-sections. The sum of the partial cross-sections, therefore, yielded another independent value of reaction cross-section σ_R^exp(inel.) that in turn was used to derive the alternative values of , θ_gr, and R_int independently. The average of these quantities provided the experimental values of the reaction parameters that are comparable to the theoretical predictions.     

Fe(NH2trz)3·(BF4)2掺杂聚芴的有机电致发光器件

对于RGB有机电致发光器件(OLEDs),蓝光非常重要.在现有各种蓝光材料中,聚芴(PFO)非常稳定且荧光量子效率可达80%,但它有一个非常大的缺点:电致发光会产生异常绿光带.这严重影响了PFO相关器件的饱和色纯度.本文使用分子基磁性材料Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂掺杂PFO方法,解决了这一难题.以ITO为衬底,制作了结构为ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PFO:Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂/CsCl/Al的器件.报道了利用Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂特殊的电子自旋态调制PFO的光电特性,实现了PFO的强烈纯正蓝光发射.详细研究了Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂对PFO光电特性的影响.在4 V至9 V电压的偏置下,没有Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂的器件,发出特别异常的绿光.然而,与此形成明显对照的是:Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂掺杂的器件发出强烈的本征蓝光;PFO绿色发光带被成功压制;随着电压的变化,器件光谱的蓝光部分在整个EL谱所占比例没有改变.运用光电磁一体化测量技术,进一步研究了PFO掺杂Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂器件的磁发光(MEL)和磁电导(MC)效应.发现PFO:Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂和纯PFO薄膜内都没有激基缔合物产生.运用发光动力学理论,分析了Fe(NH₂trz)₃·(BF₄)₂阻断PFO异常绿光发射的机理.     

Interacting Stoner–Wohlfarth behavior in hysteresis curves of Sm(CoFeCuZr)z magnets

Several magnets with different Zr contents were studied: Sm(Co_balFe_0.2Cu_0.1Zr_x)₈ (bal=balance; x=0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06 and 0.08). The microstructure of the magnets includes three main phases, all crystallographically coherent: the cell phase Sm₂(Co,Fe)₁₇, the cell boundary phase Sm(Co,Cu)₅ and a lamellar Zr-rich phase, rhombohedral (ZrSm)₁Co₃. The hysteresis curves were compared with the Callen, Liu and Cullen (CLC) modification of the Stoner–Wohlfarth model for an isotropic distribution of interacting single-domain particles. Choosing reasonable values for the saturation magnetization M_s, the anisotropy field H_a, and the mean-field interactions of the CLC model, we were able to reproduce the main features of the hysteresis curves for the x=0.02 and 0.04 samples. For higher x values, X-ray diffraction Rietveld analysis revealed the presence of other “impurity” phases, among them cubic Zr₆(Co,Fe)₂₃, rhombohedral (SmZr)₅(CoFeCu)₁₉ and rhombohedral (SmZr)₂(CoFeCu)₇.     

Magnetic and microstructural investigations of melt-spun Fe(NdPr)B

The magnetic behavior of rapidly solidified FePrB was investigated in the composition range Fe_77+χPr₁₅B_8−χ (0 ≤ χ ≤ 4). Furthermore, the magnetic and microstructural properties of Fe(NdPr)B were analyzed in the range Fe₇₈(Nd_χPr_1−χ)₁₅B₇ (0 ≤ χ ≤ 1). The temperature dependence of the critical field was analyzed with a modified form of Brown's expression for the nucleation field. From this analysis the values for the microstructural parameters, _K and N_eff, were determined which describe the deteriorating effects of the non-ideal microstructure on the coercivity.     

Some insights in the sonochemical preparation of cobalt nano-particles

The preparation of cobalt nano-particles from a solution of Co(CO)₃(NO) in n-decane under ultrasonication with a frequency of 20 kHz yielded cobalt particles of a size of ca. 5 nm. The presence of either silica or oleic acid in the solution reduced the particle size to ca. 3 and 2 nm, respectively. The resulting particle size is independent of the ultrasonication time, initial Co(CO)₃(NO) concentration, ultrasound intensity and solution temperature. It is postulated that bubble collapse generates multiple nucleation sites resulting in the formation of cobalt particles with a rather uniform particle size distribution.     

紫外激光解离羰基铁生成超细粉末

利用中等能量(～20mJ/pulse)紫外激光作为光源,照射含有10—20Torr的羰基铁气体池,已获得羰基铁解离所生成的超细粉末。经现代的物理仪器进行分析,辨认其粉末含有氧化铁、碳化铁和小量晶态铁或碳、氧等产物。粉末颗粒均匀性好,直径在300—400?,具有催化活性。适当增加激光功率密度,亦可在气体池的通光窗片上沉积一层铁膜,由X射线荧光测定。 关键词：     

Stimulated desorption from CO chemisorbed on Cr(110)

Electron stimulated desorption (ESD) experiments using a time-of-flight pulse counting method are reported for molecular CO chemisorbed on the Cr(110) surface at 90 K. Consistent with previous qualitative observations, negligible CO⁺ and O⁺ desorption signals were measured from the ₁CO overlayer which saturates at 1/4 monolayer. For θ_CO > 0.25, a terminally-bonded (₂CO) binding mode is populated in addition to the existing ∝₁CO binding mode and the ion yield increases sharply. For ₂CO, both O⁺ and CO⁺ ions are observed; the CO⁺ ions desorb with characteristically lower kinetic energies than O⁺ ions. Near saturation coverages of CO(ads), an observed decrease in the O⁺ yield is attributed to adsorbate-adsorbate interactions which reduce the ion desorption probability, as seen in ESD studies of terminally-bonded CO on other metals. These results are considered in the context of two possible models proposed for the ₁CO binding state and related ESD observations for CO chemisorbed on Fe(001) and potassium-promoted Ru(001).     

Infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy of dipole-forbidden adsorbate vibrations

Formally dipole-forbidden adsorbate vibrational modes have recently been detected using infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRAS). In an earlier publication we have proposed that the excitation of these modes is indirect, mediated by the metal electrons and closely related to the concept of surface resistivity. Here we extend that theory to lower frequencies; for parallel adsorbate vibrations the theory predicts an anti-absorption resonance with an unique asymmetry which only depends on the ratio ω₀/ω₁ between the adsorbate vibrational frequency ω₀ and ω₁ = v_F/δ where v_F is the Fermi velocity and δ = c/ω_p the skin depth. The theory is in very good agreement with the IRAS measurements of Hirschmugl et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 65 (1990) 480] for CO on Cu(100) and in qualitative agreement with the measurements of Lin et al. [Phys. Rev. B 48 (1993) 2791] for CO on Ni(100).     

Effect of surface orientation and sulfur coverage on the oxidation of carbon on Ni surfaces

The reaction between adsorbed oxygen and segregated carbon on a cylindrical nickel single-crystal has been examined with Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD), for a range of surface orientation, oxygen exposure, and sulfur coverage. It was found that for small oxygen exposures, surface carbon and surface oxygen react during TPD to form a CO desorption peak, labeled β₁. The β₁ CO peak temperature and peak shape vary with orientation. At higher oxygen coverages, the CO desorption peak split into low-temperature and high-temperature peaks. The behavior of the β₁ CO desorption peak for large oxygen exposures is consistent with a model of the carbon-oxygen recombination reaction in which the morphologies of the initial carbon and oxygen phases change during oxygen exposure as a result of repulsive lateral interactions. High oxygen exposures result in the formation of large regions of contact between the two phases; this is believed to produce the low-temperature β₁ CO desorption peak. Small segregated-sulfur coverages, and low oxygen exposures, caused the β₁ CO peak to shift to lower temperatures for all orientations. Sulfur is believed to cause more frequent contact between carbon and oxygen for small oxygen exposures because it compresses the adsorbed oxygen and segregated carbon into the sulfur-free areas of the surface. Large coverages of segregated sulfur inhibited carbon segregation on some, and oxygen adsorption on most, orientations. The absence of reactant species explains the disappearance of the β₁ CO peak during TPD from orientations which had a high sulfur coverage.     

具有生物活性钼钨仿生配合物与ATP作用的NMR研究

在常温下合成了以邻苯二酚为配体,分别以乙二胺、1,2-丙二胺、1,3-丙二胺为抗衡离子的7种手性钼钨八面体配合物(NH2CH2CH2NH3)3[Mo(V)O2(OC6H4O)2](1),(NH2CH2CH2NH3)2[W(VI)O2(OC6H4O)2](2),(NH2CH2CH2NH3)2.5[Mo(V)0.5W(VI)0.5O2(O2C6H4)]2](3),(NH3CH2CHNH2CH3)3[Mo(V)O2(OC6H4O)2](4),(NH3CH2CHNH2CH3)2[W(VI)O2(OC6H4O)2](5),(NH3CH2CHNH2CH3)2.5[Mo(V)0.5W(VI)0.5O2(OC6H4O)2](6),(NH3CH2CH2CH3NH2)2.5[Mo(V)0.5W(VI)0.5O2(OC6H4O)2](7),并在生理条件下对其与ATP的相互作用进行了液体NMR研究,发现标题配合物的中心金属离子在纯D2O溶剂中大多数以+5价形式存在,W(VI)被还原为W(V),但与ATP混合后又转化为+6价,配合物原有的顺磁性特征完全消失.研究还发现ATP可以促进中心离子与原配体发生解离.     

Comparative analysis of the 1H NMR relaxation enhancement produced by iron oxide and core-shell iron-iron oxide nanoparticles

Physicochemical and magnetorelaxometric characterization of the colloidal suspensions consisting of Fe-based nanoparticles coated with dextran have been carried out. Iron oxide and iron core/iron oxide shell nanoparticles were obtained by laser-induced pyrolysis of Fe(CO)₅ vapours. Under different magnetic field strengths, the colloidal suspension formed by iron oxide nanoparticles showed longitudinal (R₁) and transverse (R₂) nuclear magnetic relaxation suspension (NMRD) profiles, similar to those previously reported for other commercial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. However, colloidal suspension formed by ferromagnetic iron-core nanoparticles showed a strong increase of the R₁ values at low applied magnetic fields and a strong increase of the R₂ measured at high applied magnetic field. This behaviour was explained considering the larger magnetic aggregate size and saturation magnetization values measured for this sample, 92 nm and 31 emu/g Fe, respectively, with respect to those measured for the colloidal suspensions of iron oxide nanoparticles (61 nm and 23 emu/g Fe). This suspension can be used both as T₁ and T₂ contrast agent.     

Measurement of electro-optic coefficients of low-symmetry crystal YbCa4O(Bo3)3

In this paper, we report on all the electro-optic coefficients of the low-symmetry crystal YbCa₄O(BO₃)₃ measured by the interferometric method. The new sample orientations, which have not been reported so far, have been used for measuring the skew electro-optic coefficients γ₅₁, γ₅₃, γ₄₂ and γ₆₂ independently. The results obtained are γ₁₁=0.6, γ₂₁=0.4, γ₃₁=0.3, γ₁₃=0.3, γ₂₃=0.2, γ₃₃=2.2, γ₅₁=0.9, γ₅₃=4.1, γ₄₂=0.8 and γ₆₂=0.4×10⁻¹² m/V.     

Experimental and theoretical 31P and 77Se nuclear magnetic shielding tensors for bis(dineopentoxyphosphorothioyl) diselenide

An intergrown crystal of two phases of bis(dineopentoxyphosphorothioyl) diselenide 1 was investigated by goniometer ³¹P NMR. From the angular dependence of the chemical shift, the tensors of a triclinic and a monoclinic phase were determined. The principal values σ₁₁, σ₂₂, and σ₃₃ of the absolute nuclear magnetic shielding tensors for the triclinic phase are 134.1, 227.2, and 375.5 ppm and for the monoclinic phase are 132.4, 227.8, and 374.2 ppm, respectively. In both cases, the principal axis 3 of the ³¹P tensor is directed nearly along the P=S bond and the principal axis 2 is nearly perpendicular to the S=P—Se plane. Calculations of the ³¹P and ⁷⁷Se nuclear magnetic shielding tensors were performed for molecules of both phases of 1 and for model compounds by the sum-over-states density functional perturbation theory IGLO method. The rms distances between calculated and experimental ³¹P NMR icosahedral tensor values σ_j(j = 1,…,6) amount to 17–21 ppm. The calculated and experimental orientations of the ³¹P principal axes show a maximum difference of 5° and rms distances of 3.2 and 3.3°. For the principal value σ₃₃ of the selenium shielding tensor the agreement between calculated and experimental values is satisfactory, but the calculated values σ₁₁ and σ₂₂ are distinctly too small. Calculations for a model compound in which the methyl groups of the neopentoxy residue are substituted by protons lead practically to the same results.     

The 3ν3 overtone bands of UF6 and UF6

The absorption specta of CO laser radiation by 3ν₃ overtone bands of ²³⁸UF₆ and ²³⁵UF₆ has been measured using photoacoustic spectroscopic techniques. For the two temperatures 250 K and 290 K, measured absorption coefficients and cross-sections of the 3ν₃ band of ²³⁵UF₆ are reported for the first time.