Charge modulation of magnetization in X-doped MgO nanotube clusters (X=C,N)

First-principles calculations based on density functional theory are performed to study the magnetic and electronic properties of X-doped 8×7 MgO nanotube clusters (X=C, N). The N dopant easily occupies the O-site at the edge of MgO nanotube, embracing neutral or charged defect state, and induces notable magnetization in N-doped MgO tubular cluster. More important, this p-electron magnetization can be significantly modulated as the charged state of the defect changes. Regarding C doping, impurity atom readily substitute the Mg atom located at the edge of MgO nanotube to form neutral defect, and net magnetization is found to be zero. The calculated electron densities of states show that the O-site N doping at the edge greatly narrows or even destroys band-gap, while it enlarges somewhat for the Mg-site C doping at the edge. The results are likely to stimulate a promising class of materials for various applications ranging from spintronics to magneto-optics.     

Magnetization curves of DyN clusters

Magnetic properties of isolated Dy_N clusters are studied in a molecular beam performing Stern-Gerlach experiments. The magnetizations μ _z of Dy_N are measured in dependence of the magnetic field strength B = 0-1.6 T and at nozzle temperatures T _n = 18 K and T _n = 300 K. At room temperature the magnetization augments linear with the field following a simple paramagnetic model. At T _n = 18 K the magnetization curves saturate at field strengths B ≥0.8 T. To explain the magnetization process at low temperatures two models are discussed: A model for adiabatic magnetization based on cluster rotation effects and a modified van-Vleck model. Received 30 November 2000     

Magnetization of Gd cluster: Anomalous thermal behavior

Theoretical studies of the temperature (T) dependence of magnetization of Gd₁₃ clusters have been carried out within a classical Heisenberg model using Monte-Carlo simulations. It is shown that for a broad range of values of , defined as the ratio between competing ferro and anti-ferro magnetic couplings, the cluster magnetization increases with T in the low T region, as seen in experiment. The clusters are also shown to exhibit a wide distribution of moments at a given T, which broadens significantly with increasing T. It is suggested that this may affect the observed magnetic behavior of magnetic clusters in Stern-Gerlach experiments. Received 29 May 1999 and Received in final form 5 September 1999     

Dynamic magnetization of <Emphasis Type="Bold">γ</Emphasis>- nanoparticles isolated in an amorphous matrix

We have studied the magnetization of a system of γ-Fe₂O₃ (0.68 vol.%) nanoparticles isolated in an SiO₂ amorphous matrix placed in an alternating magnetic field with a frequency of 640 Hz and in the temperature range of (77-300) K. Compared to temperatures closer to 300 K (where the system has a superparamagnetic behaviour), at lower temperatures, the magnetization has a dynamic hysteresis loop due to the magnetization's phase shift between the field and the magnetization. The delay of the magnetization (attributed to the Néel relaxation processes) increases with the decrease of temperature. It has been shown that the relaxation time resulting from the Néel theory is determined by an effective anisotropy constant ( K ) that takes into account the magnetocrystalline anisotropy, as well as the shape, surface and strain anisotropies. In the following we will show that the surface and strain anisotropy components have the most significant influence. When the temperature decreases from 300 to 77 K, the relative increase of the saturation magnetization of the nanoparticles is much higher than that of the (spontaneous) saturation magnetization of bulk γ-Fe₂O₃. This increase is due to the increase of the mean magnetic diameter of the particles attached to the core of aligned spins, from 10.16 nm to 11.70 nm, as a result of the modification of the superexchange interaction in the surface layer. Received 25 April 2002 / Received in final form 11 August 2002 Published online 14 February 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: ccaizer@physics.uvt.ro     

Magnetic properties of model non-carbon nanotubes with macroscopic value of ground state spin

The spin model of “ferrimagnetic” nanotube is proposed and some theoretical predictions concerning the ground state and low energy excitations of the model are given. In particular, the spin-wave structure of the exact ground state of bipartite magnets is proven. For tubes formed by weakly interacted cyclic fragments we show: first, the existence of gapless excitations with decreasing total spin; and second, gapped excitations. This leads to an intermediate plateau in field dependence of tube magnetization. Numerical calculations show the strong effect of frustrations on the magnetization of anisotropic spin tubes at low temperatures which may lead to the creation of an additional fractional magnetization plateau.     

Observation of fractional harmonics in the NMR signal from superfluid 3He-B

Unusual spin-precession states of ³He-B in which the magnetization is half the equilibrium value are investigated by continuous-wave NMR methods. Signals at frequencies equal to 1/2 and 3/2 of the magnetization precession frequency are observed in two such states. Such signals exist because the order parameter of superfluid ³He in these states precesses with frequency equal to half the magnetization precession frequency. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 69, No. 3, 200–205 (10 February 1999)     

Adsorption of mercaptopurine drug on the BN nanotube,nanosheet and nanocluster: a density functional theory study

ABSTRACT

We have investigated the interaction of mercaptopurine (MP) drug with BN nanotube, nanosheet and nanocluster using density functional theory calculations in the gas phase, and aqueous solution. We predicted that the MP drug tends to be physically adsorbed on the surface of BN nanosheet with an adsorption energy (E_ad) about ?3.2?kcal/mol. The electronic properties of BN nanosheet are not affected by the MP drug, and this sheet is not a sensor. But the electronic properties of BN nanotube and nanocluster are significantly sensitive to this drug in both gas phase, and aqueous solution. The BN nanocluster suffers from a long recovery time (8.8?×?10⁸?s) because of a strong interaction (E_ad?=??28.6?kcal/mol), and this cluster is not a proper sensor for MP detection. But the BN nanotube benefits from a short recovery time about 49.5?s at room temperature, and may be a promising candidate for application in the MP sensors. The water solvent decreases the strength of interaction between the BN nanotube, and MP drug, but it does not affect the electronic sensitivity of the nanotube sensibly.     

Strong magnetization by antiphase-boundary tubes in a cyclically deformed Fe-35 at.% Al alloy

Strong magnetization was observed in a cyclically deformed Fe-35 at.% Al alloy by introduction of a high density of antiphase-boundary (APB) tubes. In order to introduce a large plastic deformation without changing the specimen dimension, compressive deformation was given repeatedly along mutually orthogonal stress axes under a constraint imposed across the stress axes. Clear evidence was obtained in attributing the major origin of the large magnetization to the production of a high density of APB tubes. The contribution of the APB tubes to the strong magnetization and to the work hardening is discussed on the basis of quantitative analyses of the microstructures introduced by cyclic deformation.     

Mesoscopic oscillations of the magnetization near Ising impurity centers in strong magnetic fields

The frequency of orientational quantum oscillations of the magnetization near impurity-ion clusters with Ising properties in a saturated magnetic crystal is calculated. It is noted that in compounds of the type Ho_xY_3−x Fe₅O₁₂, where magnetic phase transitions are observed, additional magnetization reversal and magnetic resonance features due to mesoscopic oscillations of the magnetization can be observed at low concentrations x<0.001 and cryogenic temperatures in fields comparable to the intersublattice exchange interaction field. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 65, No. 6, 445–448 (25 March 1997)     

Nonlinear low-temperature magnetization of the quasi-one-dimensional charge-density-wave conductor K0.3 MoO3

A study is made of the temperature and field dependences of the anisotropic magnetization of a quasi-one-dimensional charge-density-wave conductor — the blue bronze K_0.3 MoO₃. Nonlinearity of the magnetization curves is observed at temperatures below 100 K. The temperature and field dependences of the magnetic moment show the effect to be of a collective nature. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, No. 4, 281–286 (25 August 1998)     

A new quasi-Ising magnet

We have performed measurements of the magnetization and differential magnetic susceptibility of Dy_0.62Y_2.38Fe₅O₁₂ single crystals in pulsed magnetic fields up to 45 T at liquid-helium temperature for three orientations of the external field: H‖[100], H‖[110], and H‖[111]. It was found that the magnetization reversal in the rare-earth magnetic subsystem occurs via several phase transitions, whose number depends on the direction of the external field, as is characteristic for Ising magnets. The anomalies in the field dependences of the magnetization are interpreted on the assumption of quasi-Ising ordering of the rare-earth ions. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 67, No. 8, 552–556 (25 April 1998)     

Effect of noncrystallographic magnetic anisotropy on magnetization reversal in multilayer magnetic films

A study has been carried out of the magnetization of a layered system consisting of two exchange-coupled easy-axis ferromagnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer and having mutually perpendicular anisotropy axes. It is shown that the magnetization of such a system can undergo stepwise decrease with increasing magnetic field. The field dependence of the magnetization has a bifurcation point. The magnetization orientation can exhibit jumps in excess of 90° depending on the angle of magnetic-field orientation. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 660–664 (April 1999)     

Magnetic properties of solidified ferrocolloids

Experimental and theoretical investigations are made of the magnetization of solidified dielectric colloids prepared using single-domain magnetite particles with randomly oriented axes of easy magnetization. A method is proposed to calculate the magnetization curves with allowance for blocking of the magnetic moments of particles and magnetic-dipole interparticle interactions. It is shown that magnetic colloids with an extremely low remanent magnetization (a few tens of amps per meter) may be obtained. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 1062–1067 (June 1998)     

Pulsed magnetization reversal of single-crystal iron borate in the presence of a transverse magnetic field

This paper describes the first investigations of the process of pulsed 180° magnetization reversal in iron borate in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. How the intensity of magnetoelastic oscillations depends on the amplitude of the magnetization reversal field and the duration of the primary period of the transient process is studied, and also the analysis of hodographs of the magnetization vector, which show that the primary reason why the pulsed magnetization reversal curve exhibits a kink is a decrease in the energy lost to excitation of magnetoelastic oscillations, caused by lagging of the elastic subsystem of the crystal behind the magnetic subsystem for magnetization reversal times less than 13–16 ns. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 305–309 (February 1998)     

Inhomogeneous magnetostriction states in uniaxial ferromagnetic films

Surface magnetoelastic Love waves and nonuniform distributions of the magnetization and elastic strains are investigated in a uniaxial ferromagnetic film on a massive nonmagnetic substrate in a tangential external magnetic field. A new inhomogeneous phase is predicted having spatial modulation of the order parameter, arising from magnetostrictive coupling of the magnetization with lattice strains near the interface of the magnetoelastic and elastic media. It is shown that, at some critical magnetic field H _c, different from the orientational transition field in an isolated sample, a magnetoelastic Love wave propagating parallel to the magnetization vector in the film plane becomes unstable. The frequency and group velocity of the wave vanish at wave number k=k _c≠0 and the wave freezes, forming a domain structure localized in the film and adjoining substrate. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 665–671 (April 1999)     

Collective effects in a system of Pearl vortices and the magnetization of a thin superconducting film

The magnetization curves of a thin superconducting monolayer are calculated. It is found that for sufficiently high fields and temperatures the magnetization of a monolayer exhibits the same features as the reversible magnetization of layered superconductors in high fields. It is shown that these features are due to instability with respect to the dissociation of pairs of Pearl vortices into a gas of free vortices and to collective effects in a system of free vortices. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, No. 6, 460–465 (25 September 1998)     

Angular dependence of the giant magnetoresistance for a current perpendicular to the plane of the layers in a magnetic sandwich

A quantum-statistical model using the Kubo formalism is proposed for describing the magnetoresistance of a multilayer structure with the current perpendicular to the plane of the layers. In particular, this model describes the case of noncollinear magnetization of consecutive ferromagnetic layers of the structure. Interference between electron wave functions with different directions of the spin projections onto the magnetization axis, which arises in the noncollinear configuration, is investigated along with the role of electron scattering, not only within the bulk of the layers, but also at their interfaces. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 1814–1818 (October 1999)     

Magnetization-odd nonreciprocal reflection of light from the magnetoelectric—ferromagnet LiFe5O8

Circular dichroism, which changes sign under magnetization reversal and exhibits a 120° periodicity, is observed in the reflection of light from the (111) plane of a noncentrosymmetric LiFe₅O₈ crystal in the transverse geometry k⊥M, where the linear Kerr effect is forbidden. It is shown that this phenomenon is due to the manifestation of optical magnetoelectric susceptibility and a Kerr effect of third order in the magnetization. The spectral dependences of the circular dichroism in the range 1.4–3.1 eV show that this phenomenon is of a resonance character. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 65, No. 1, 65–70 (10 January 1997)     

Magnetic properties of ErFe6Fa6 studied by magnetization and neutron diffraction

Neutron-diffraction experiments reveal that ErFe₆Ga₆ forms in the tetragonal ThMn₁₂-type of structure (space group I₄/mmm). The Fe sublattice orders ferromagnetically below K. The Er moments order antiparallel to the Fe moments which, below about 250 K, leads to a decrease of the total magnetization. The easy magnetization direction of ErFe₆Ga₆ is perpendicular to the c-axis in the whole temperature range. Refinement at 2 K shows that ErFe₆Ga₆ orders ferrimagnetically with Er moments of 8.5 (2) and Fe moments at the 8(j) site of 1.9 (1) and at the 8(f) site of 1.7 (1) , respectively. At room temperature, ErFe₆Ga₆ exhibits the same type of magnetic order, however with substantially lower Er moments of 1.0 (4) and Fe moments at the 8(f) site of 1.2 (2) . The Fe moments at the 8(j) site amount to 1.9 (5) /Fe. Received 24 November 1999 and Received in final form 27 March 2000     

Pressure dependence of the magnetization of NiFe3N

Abstract

The experimental result of the decrease of the magnetization with pressure within the ordered nitride NiFe₃N is addressed using the A.S.W. (augmented spherical wave) method. Among the two magnetic sublattices i.e. Ni and Fe in the structure only the latter is found responsible of the pressure dependence of the magnetization.