纳米晶复合永磁材料的交换耦合相互作用和磁性能

本介绍了纳米磁性材料晶粒交换耦合相互作用的有关理论。采用不同模型讨论了晶粒交换耦合相互作用对纳米单相软磁材料、永磁材料及双相复合永磁材料磁性能的影响。简述了用δM（H）曲线和不可逆磁导率的变化研究晶粒交换耦合相互作用及反磁化过程的方法。讨论了合金分配比、添加元素、制备及热处理工艺对磁体硬磁性能的影响。从理论和实验两方面分析、研究了纳米复合永磁材料的反磁化过程和矫顽力机制。     

γ-Fe_2O_3/NiO核-壳纳米花的合成、微结构与磁性

利用溶剂热/热分解的方法合成出微结构可控的γ-Fe_2O_3/NiO核-壳结构纳米花.分析表明NiO壳层是由单晶结构的纳米片构成,这些纳米片不规则地镶嵌在γ-Fe_2O_3核心的表面.Fe3O4/Ni(OH)_2前驱体的煅烧时间对γ-Fe_2O_3/NiO核-壳体系的晶粒生长、NiO相含量和壳层致密度均有很大的影响.振动样品磁强计和超导量子干涉仪的测试分析表明,尺寸效应、NiO相含量和铁磁-反铁磁界面耦合效应是决定γ-Fe_2O_3/NiO核-壳纳米花磁性能的重要因素.随着NiO相含量的增加,磁化强度减小,矫顽力增大.在5 K下,γ-Fe_2O_3/NiO核-壳纳米花表现出一定的交换偏置效应(H_E=46 Oe),这来自于(亚)铁磁性γ-Fe_2O_3和反铁磁性NiO之间的耦合相互作用.与此同时,这种交换耦合效应也进一步提高了样品的矫顽力(H_C=288 Oe).     

爆轰合成碳包覆钴、镍磁性纳米颗粒的探索

 介绍了爆轰法合成碳包覆钴、镍纳米磁性颗粒研究的初步结果。以黑索今炸药为主体,加入钴、镍金属硝酸盐与有机碳源材料,在爆炸容器中氮气保护下用导爆管雷管引爆,成功地合成了碳包覆钴、镍纳米磁性颗粒。为了探求爆轰固体产物的形貌特征及性能,分别采用了TEM、XRD、VSM等测试手段对其进行表征。实验结果表明,爆轰产物中主要含有碳包覆纳米钴、纳米镍磁性颗粒,成球体或者椭球体,具有完好的核壳结构形貌。合成的碳包覆钴颗粒分布在30~50 nm之间,碳包覆的镍颗粒分布在25~60 nm之间,外层碳壳层主要由无定形碳和石墨构成。磁性测试表明,所得碳包金属钴、镍颗粒在室温下具有良好的软磁特性。     

纳米晶复合永磁材料的交换耦合相互作用和磁性能

本文介绍了纳米磁性材料晶粒交换耦合相互作用的有关理论。采用不同模型讨论了晶粒交换耦合相互作用对纳米单相软磁材料、永磁材料及双相复合永磁材料磁性能的影响。简述了用δM(H)曲线和不可逆磁导率的变化研究晶粒交换耦合相互作用及反磁化过程的方法。讨论了合金成分配比、添加元素、制备及热处理工艺对磁体硬磁性能的影响。从理论和实验两方面分析、研究了纳米复合永磁材料的反磁化过程和矫顽力机制。     

NdFeB纳米复合永磁材料的交换耦合相互作用和有效各向异性

以Nd₂Fe₁₄B/αFe为例，采用立方体晶粒结构模型，研究了纳米复合永磁材料中不同磁性晶粒间的交换耦合相互作用和有效各向异性.纳米复合永磁材料的有效各向异性Keff等于软、硬磁性相各向异性的统计平均值，每个晶粒的各向异性由晶粒表面交换耦合部分和晶粒内部未交换耦合部分的各向异性共同确定.计算结果表明，软、硬磁性相晶粒尺寸分布显著地影响有效各向异性Keff的值.当软、硬磁性晶粒尺寸D相同时，Keff随晶粒尺寸和硬磁性相体积分数的降低而减小, 当D<20nm 时，K 关键词： 纳米复合永磁材料 交换耦合相互作用 有效各向异性 晶粒尺寸     

掺杂下铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中交换偏置的增强

采用了Monte-Carlo方法，讨论了反铁磁层中不同非磁性掺杂浓度下，铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中交换偏置的温度特性. 模拟结果显示：反铁磁层中非磁性掺杂能导致铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中交换偏置的增强. 同时，交换偏置随非磁性掺杂浓度的变化存在极大值，即同一温度下交换偏置随掺杂浓度的变化是非单调的. 并且，随着温度的升高交换偏置的最大值所对应的掺杂浓度向浓度低的方向移动. 它和Hong Jung-Il等人的实验结果完全一致. 究其原因在于反铁磁层相应的自旋排布、磁畴结构等随掺杂浓度的改变发生大的变化，当其正向磁畴和负向磁畴都形成连通的网络结构时，系统的交换偏置达最大. 比较了随机掺杂与规则掺杂的模拟结果. 模拟结果表明规则掺杂能够获得比随机掺杂更大的交换偏置，进一步表明了铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中交换偏置的特性与铁磁/反铁磁界面磁畴结构密切相关.     

稀土永磁薄膜材料

简要地介绍在纳米复合稀土永磁薄膜材料、各向异性稀土永磁薄膜材料方面的进展.在纳米复合稀土永磁薄膜材料中实现磁性交换耦合和剩磁增强效应,系统地研究了其结构与磁性的关系.制备成功高磁能积的各向异性稀土永磁薄膜材料,比较了Ti 或Mo 缓冲层对Nd-Fe-B薄膜的表面形貌、磁畴结构和磁性能的影响.发现薄膜的表面形貌强烈地依赖于缓冲层的厚度.由于它极大地影响薄膜的成分,溅射速率被证明是控制薄膜的显微结构、表面形貌和磁性能的一个重要因素.在微磁学模型的基础上,通过分析从5到300 K的矫顽力温度依赖关系.研究了各向异性Pr-Fe-B薄膜的矫顽力机制.在晶粒表面,由于磁各向异性的降低和局域退磁场的提高导致的反转畴的形核被确定为控制各向异性Pr-Fe-B薄膜的磁化反转过程的首要机制.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt-Carbon Core-Shell Microspheres in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide System

研究了钴碳核壳微球在超临界二氧化碳体系中的合成过程. 在密闭的不锈钢高压反应釜中,适量的二茂钴和干冰在350 oC下,反应12 h后合成直径大约1 μm的钴碳核壳微球。通过X射线衍射、X射线光电子谱、透射电子显微镜、傅利叶红外光谱(FT-IR)以及拉曼光谱的分析,钴碳核壳微球是由直径小于1 μm的非晶钴核和厚度约为200 nm的非晶碳壳组成. 其生长机理可能是：二茂钴在超临界二氧化碳体系中的热分解,带单电子的碳原子或基团由于磁性作用沉积在磁性的钴核上. 由于非晶碳壳的存在,钴碳核壳微球的磁饱和强度141.     

基于交换耦合模型纳米双相(硬磁/软磁)自旋体系的磁性

采用MonteCarlo方法对由异类自旋组成混合Heisenberg自旋体系进行了数值计算,以模拟和预测基于交换耦合模型纳米双相(硬磁软磁)磁性体系的磁性.区别于以往所报道的那些直接针对硬磁NdFeB与软磁纳米αFe复合磁体的微磁学计算工作,着眼于符合Heisenberg模型的两类完全不同的原子自旋集团(硬磁自旋和软磁自旋)之间的直接交换耦合作用,模拟计算了由这两类自旋组成的复合自旋体系的内禀矫顽力Hc、剩余磁化强度Mr、最大磁能级(M×H)max等宏观磁性参量随软磁自旋集团的尺度和体积百分比、两类自旋集 关键词： Heisenberg模型 MonteCarlo模拟 纳米复合磁体 Nd-Fe-B     

银/二氧化钛核壳纳米颗粒对碲化镉纳米晶的荧光增强研究

利用新合成的复合纳米结构银/二氧化钛核壳纳米颗粒,研究了金属银纳米颗粒对碲化镉纳米晶层荧光的增强情况.结果表明,这种新型复合金属纳米结构能极大地增强发光纳米晶层的荧光强度.银/二氧化钛核壳纳米颗粒是以水合肼、硝酸银和四异丙氧基钛为原材料,利用胶体化学法在水溶液中合成.透射电子显微镜图片表明这种新合成的银/二氧化钛纳米材料基本上呈球形,有较为明显的核壳结构,中间黑色的核是银纳米颗粒,外层颜色较浅部分是二氧化钛壳层.另外,包裹二氧化钛壳层后,银纳米颗粒的表面等离子吸收带从409 nm红移至430 nm,也证实了这种新型核壳纳米材料的形成.将此合成方法得到的银/二氧化钛纳米颗粒和碲化镉纳米晶用旋转涂覆方法进行直接组合后,得到了银纳米颗粒对碲化镉纳米晶荧光的明显增强,并对其增强的物理过程进行了讨论.这种能够增强荧光团发光的新型复合银纳米结构将在发光器件、荧光成像、生物探测等方面具有一定的应用价值.     

High coercivity in large exchange-bias Co/CoO-MgO nano-granular films

We present a detailed study on the magnetic coercivity of Co/CoO-MgO core-shell systems, which exhibits a large exchange bias due to an increase of the uncompensated spin density at the interface between the CoO shell and the metallic Co core by replacing Co by Mg within the CoO shell. We find a large magnetic coercivity of 7120 Oe around the electrical percolation threshold of the Co/CoO core/shell particles, while samples with a smaller or larger Co metal volume fraction show a considerably smaller coercivity. Thus, this study may lead to a route to improving the magnetic properties of artificial magnetic material in view of potential applications.     

Structure and magnetism of Co:CoO core–shell nanoclusters

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron diffraction (ED) are used to investigate the nanostructures of two ensembles of Co:CoO core–shell particles. TEM images show that particles of size about 12 nm are almost fully oxidized, while particles with size about 18 nm have a core–shell structure where a Co core is surrounded by a shell of CoO. ED simulation confirms that the larger particles have an fcc-structured Co core and a rock-salt CoO shell structure, while the smaller particles mostly have the rock-salt CoO structure. The core–shell structure is responsible for the unusual magnetic properties of the Co:CoO nanoclusters, especially the occurrence of inverted hysteresis loops (proteresis), but previous research has been indirect, largely based on magnetic measurements and on a cross-comparison with granular materials. Our measurements show that the structures have ferromagnetic fcc Co cores of varying sizes down to 1 nm which are surrounded by antiferromagnetic rock-salt CoO shells. The core radii obtained from the TEM pictures are used to estimate the exchange interactions responsible for proteresis and to pinpoint the core-size window in which proteresis occurs.     

Numerical study of exchange bias in antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic core/shell nanoparticles with non-magnetic defects

We perform Monte Carlo simulations for an antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic core/shell nanoparticle with a doubly inverted structure. We investigate the dependence of the exchange bias field and coercivity on the magnetic dilution of the shell-interface and shell part. It is demonstrated that exchange bias and coercivity can exhibit monotonic or non-monotonic behavior depending on the location of the non-magnetic components. Also, temperature dependence of the exchange bias and coercivity of the system are studied for a particular defect concentration value. Our results provide an alternative way for tunning the magnetic properties of doubly inverted nanoparticles.     

An investigation of competition on the dynamic magnetic properties of the core/shell nanowire

In this study, we investigate the dynamic magnetic properties of Ising-type core/shell nanowires (NW) for different spin systems. The model of NW X_(Spin-1/2)@Y with Y = Spin-1/2, Spin-1 and Spin-3/2 are considered for discussing an effect of the nature of shell particle on the dynamic properties. The mean-field theory and Glauber-type stochastic dynamics have been successfully applied to this, and the results of the dynamic magnetic properties for the core/shell NW are obtained. Different shell spin states are employed to the analysis of dynamic magnetic behavior for core/shell NW. Results of numerical calculation for the magnetization and coercivity curves are discussed for the effect of shell particles, shell interaction and oscillating field frequency. All results present that dynamic magnetic properties of the NW strongly dependent on the shell particle and the shell interaction.     

The electrical conductivity properties of polythiophene/TiO2 nanocomposites prepared in the presence of surfactants

A composite of polythiophene (PT) and nano-titanium dioxide (TiO₂), possessing core–shell structure, was synthesized via oxidative polymerization of thiophene using FeCl₃ in the presence of three different surfactants: anionic, cationic, and nonionic. The morphology of the obtained composite materials was investigated by SEM, proving the core–shell structure of the prepared nanocomposite. The formation and thermal stability of the PT onto TiO₂ nanoparticles were confirmed by FTIR and TGA analyses, respectively. XRD data show all of composite materials were amorphous structures. The electrical properties of the nanocomposites were investigated in the presence of surfactant materials, and the best semiconductor property was observed for PT/TiO₂-anionic system. This difference in the conductivity has been attributed to differences in the stability of the composites.     

3D Arrangement of Magnetic Particles in Thin Polymer Films Assisted by Magnetically Patterned Exchange Bias Layer Systems

The possibility to arrange and embed magnetic micro- and nanoparticles in thin polymer film systems using flat magnetically patterned substrate templates is investigated. In contrast to self-organized particle rows forming by applying a homogeneous magnetic field, particles adapt to the magnetic field landscape of the substrate's magnetic pattern prior to polymer crosslinking. Crosslinking then fixes the particle positions in the polymer. The process is tested for composites of hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and maghemite nanoparticles as well as for hydrophilic polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and hydrophilic functionalized, superparamagnetic core–shell microspheres. The substrate template is an exchange bias layer system magnetically patterned into parallel-stripe domains with in-plane magnetizations and head-to-head/tail-to-tail remanent magnetization orientation in adjacent magnetic domains. A high occupancy percentage of magnetic beads on a domain wall as well as anisotropic actuation of the composite is achieved.     

Dependence of exchange bias on core/shell relative dimension in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic nanoparticles

We employ a modified Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation to study the effect of bimagnetic core/shell relative dimension on exchange bias in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic nanoparticles. The exchange bias field is inversely proportional to the ferromagnetic shell thickness in the antiferromagnetic (core)/ferromagnetic (shell) nanoparticles, while in the nanoparticles with an opposite core/shell structure the exchange bias behavior is complex and distinguished in different ranges of the ferromagnetic core radius. The work elucidates unambiguously how the core and shell dimensions optimize the exchange bias in nanoparticles.     

Facile synthesis and characterization of glass/cobalt core/shell composite spheres with tunable shell morphologies

Polyhedral cobalt microcrystals assembled on hollow glass spheres are successfully synthesized by a facile and easy-control hydrothermal reduction process, and thus hierarchical glass/cobalt core/shell composite hollow spheres are fabricated with low-density (0.96 g cm⁻³). By properly tuning the process conditions and the component of the reaction solution, a series of composite spheres with gradient in morphologies of the shell layer can be prepared. Based on a series of contrast experiments, the probable formation mechanism of the core/shell hierarchical structures is proposed. The magnetic properties of the products are studied and the results demonstrate that the composite spheres present ferromagnetic properties related to the special shell morphologies. The composite hollow spheres thus obtained may have some promising applications in the fields of low-density magnetic materials, conduction, and catalysis, etc. This work provides an additional strategy to prepared core/shell composite spheres with tailored shell morphology and magnetic properties.     

Magnetoresistance between oxidized Co-rich particles grown by high current electrochemical deposition

In this work, we present Co-rich particles which have been successfully grown by high current electroplating. This technique produces particles with a Co–Cu core surrounded by an oxidized shell. This shell has two consequences: on the one hand, it electrically isolates the magnetic core and acts as a tunnel barrier; on the other hand, the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic structure causes an exchange bias coupling when cooling the particles in the presence of magnetic field. We also present magnetoresistance measurements up to 9 T. At low field, direct tunnelling between magnetic cores through the insulating layer properly explains the experimental observations, but, at high field, a linear contribution dominates the MR. The latter behaviour can be understood by assuming second-order tunnelling.     

Dynamic magnetic and hysteretic properties of the different type core/shell nanostructures: the effect of geometry of wire shape

In the present study, we examine by comparison the dynamic magnetic and hysteretic properties of nanostructures with different magnetic core/shell particles confined within a shape structure of the wire. The model of nanostructures with core?=?spin-1 and shell?=?spin-3/2, namely cylindrical, cubic and hexagonal nanowire, is proposed for studying the effect of the geometry of wire shape on the magnetic and hysteretic properties. The results were obtained by mean-field theory as well as Glauber-type stochastic dynamics, and focused the response to thermal and hysteretic behaviours of systems. All results display dynamic magnetic properties of the nanostructure strongly dependent on the geometry of wire shape. Moreover, temperature and crystal field are proposed as the important factors affecting the dynamic properties of wire systems.