Effects of calcium and zinc on the adsorption of cobalt on γ-Fe2O3

The effects of calcium and zinc on the room-temperature coercivity of γ-Fe₂O₃ particles having cobalt ions adsorbed in 3M NaOH solution at 373K have been studied. When the Ca²⁺ ions are adsorbed on the γ-Fe₂O₃ prior to Co²⁺ ions adsorption, the coercivity of Co-modified γ-Fe₂O₃ significantly increases compared with that of γ-Fe₂O₃ modified only with Co²⁺ ions. In the case of Zn²⁺ ions, the coercivity of Co-modified γ-Fe₂O₃ is the same as that of γ-Fe₂O₃ modified only with Co²⁺ ions. The emission Mössbauer spectrum of⁵⁷Co²⁺ adsorbed on the surfaces of γ-Fe₂O₃ after pretreating with Ca²⁺ ions consists of a typical sextet of Fe³⁺ ions with hyperfine magnetic field, whereas those of γ-Fe₂O₃ modified only with Co²⁺ ions and with both Zn²⁺ and Co²⁺ ions show nonmagnetic components in addition to magnetic one. The effects of Ca²⁺ and Zn²⁺ ions on the adsorption of cobalt on the surface of γ-Fe₂O₃ are discussed from the viewpoint of site preference energy of cations in ferrite and distribution ratio of each cation.     

A study of Sm-substituted SrM magnets sintered using hydrothermally synthesised powders

Anisotropic SrM magnets with Sm substitution, which is observed to have the largest beneficial effect both on the coercivity and on the inhibition of grain growth at high temperature among the other elements such as La, Nd and Pr, were investigated. The average grain size of the samples decreases with increasing Sm/Sr ratio. All the magnets with Sm additions exhibit a bigger coercivity and remanence than those of the SrM magnet without Sm and the coercivity of the magnets increases with increasing Sm/Sr ratio. EDX quantitative analysis suggests that the solubility of Sm³⁺ in the SrM-type structure is very small and that the Sm³⁺ preferably goes into SrFeO_3−x, which is probably located around the SrM grain boundaries. The coercivity mechanism of the magnets is nucleation controlled. The formation and the distribution of the SrFeO_3−x phase around the SrM grain boundraies probably provides the inhibition of SrM grain growth, the reduction of the reverse domain nucleation at the grain surface and the isolation of the SrM grains. All these factors would contribute to the improvements of the coercivity of the magnets with Sm additions.     

Magnetic and Transport Properties of Tm2Co7B3 Compound

Magnetic and transport properties of Tm₂Co₇B₃ compound have been studied. This compound crystallizes in the hexagonal Ce₂Co₇B₃ type structure. The coercivity (H _c) of the compound was determined from hysteresis measurements in fields up to 4 T. The temperature dependence of coercivity has been explained by a thermally activated process of domain wall motion. The resistivity at low temperatures shows a T ² dependence. At higher temperatures the resistivity is not a linear function of temperature, which indicates an electron-phonon interaction in the presence of a small s-d scattering.     

Exchange‐coupled L10‐FePt/Fe composite patterns with perpendicular magnetization

L1₀‐FePt and exchange‐coupled L1₀‐FePt/Fe composite films are grown epitaxially on MgO(001) single crystal substrates and are subsequently large‐area patterned utilizing an electron beam lithography process with Ar⁺ ion etching. The patterning process of the continuous film system leads to a different demagnetization behavior resulting in an increase of the out‐of‐plane coercivity of the patterned samples. Due to exchange‐coupling between L1₀‐FePt and Fe the coercivity of the L1₀‐FePt/Fe composite patterns is reduced by 52% as compared to the coercivity of L1₀‐FePt patterns. From the analysis of the temperature dependence of the coercivity it follows that the dots include regions with reduced anisotropy. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Physical and magnetic properties of highly aluminum doped strontium ferrite nanoparticles prepared by auto-combustion route

Highly Al³⁺ ion doped nanocrystalline SrFe_12−xAl_xO₁₉ (0≤x≤12), were prepared by the auto-combustion method and heat treated in air at 1100 °C for 12 h. The phase identification of the powders performed using x-ray diffraction show presence of high-purity hexaferrite phase and absence of any secondary phases. With Al³⁺ doping, the lattice parameters decrease due to smaller Al³⁺ ion replacing Fe³⁺ ions. Morphological analysis performed using transmission electron microscope show growth of needle shaped ferrites with high aspect ratio at Al³⁺ ion content exceeding x≥2. Al³⁺ substitution modifies saturation magnetization (M_S) and coercivity (H_C). The room temperature M_S values continuously reduced while H_C value increased to a maximum value of 18,100 Oe at x=4, which is an unprecedented increase (∼321%) in the coercivity as compared to pure Sr-Ferrite. However, at higher Al³⁺ content x>4, a decline in magnetization and coercivity has been observed. The magnetic results indicate that the best results for applications of this ferrite will be obtained with an iron deficiency in the stoichiometric formulation.     

Xenon-ion Induced Magnetic and Structural Modifications of Ferromagnetic Alloys

Thin polycrystalline films of permalloy (Ni₇₉Fe₂₁) and permendur (Co₅₀Fe₅₀) have been irradiated with Xe-ions to fluences of 10¹⁴–10¹⁶ ions/cm². Ion-induced structural and magnetic modifications have been measured by grazing angle X-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering and magneto-optical Kerr effect. In the case of permendur, the Xe-ion implantation first reduced the coercivity, because of stress relaxation, while higher ion fluences increased the coercivity due to pinning centers generated in the film. The ion irradiation aligned the in-plane easy axis of the magnetization along the direction of the external magnetic field during implantation. Phase shifts obtained from magnetic force microscopy confirmed these modifications. The effects of Xe-ion irradiation in permalloy films are much weaker and underline the importance of magnetostriction in the variation of the coercivity and anisotropy.     

Coercivity enhancement of Nd−Fe−B thin film magnets by Dy buffer and capping layers

The Dy layer was inserted into the structure of SiO₂/Ti/Nd-Fe-B/Ti as the buffer or capping layer of the Nd-Fe-B layer. The insertions of Dy layers had no significant influence on the film texture with the easy axis mainly perpendicular to the film plane. The film without Dy layer gave the out-of-plane coercivity of 533 kA/m, maximum magnetic energy product (BH)_max of 245 kJ/m³. With a Dy buffer layer, the out-of-plane coercivity and (BH)_max were increased to 1074 kA/m, 291 kJ/m³ respectively. The film with Dy capping layer had a coercivity of 1035 kA/m and (BH)_max of 286 kJ/m³. Microstructure observations showed that the Nd-rich phases were evolved into grain boundaries from triple junctions by a Dy buffer layer deposition, resulting in a well magnetic decoupling of Nd₂Fe₁₄B neighboring grains. Through capping a Dy layer, the environment of grain boundaries had been improved and some Dy diffused into Nd₂Fe₁₄B phases, which contributed to the enhancement of magnetic performance.     

Effect of Co 2 + content on the magnetic properties of Co x Fe 3 − x O 4 /SiO 2 nanocomposites

Non-stoichiometric Co_xFe_3???xO₄/SiO₂ (x = 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1) nanocomposites have been prepared by sol-gel method. The structure, morphology and magnetic properties of the obtained samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer and Mössbauer spectroscopy at room temperature. As the Co^2?+? content increases, the average particle size of the spherical Co_xFe_3???xO₄ in the samples decreases and the lattice constants increases. The hyperfine fields for both A- and B-site decrease, while the fraction of Co^2?+? occupying the A-site increases. Magnetization measurements show the saturation magnetization and coercivity of Co_xFe_3???xO₄/SiO₂ decrease with increasing Co^2?+? content. The decrease in magnetization results from the weakened A-B interactions between Fe^3?+?, and the change in coercivity can be related to the variation of Co^2?+? at B-site and the decreasing particle size.     

Preference orientation and magnetic properties of CoxFe3−xO4 nanocrystalline thin films on quartz substrate

Nanocrystalline spinel ferrite thin films of Co_xFe_3−xO₄ (x=0.3$x=0.3$, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.0) have been prepared by RF sputtering on quartz substrate without a buffer layer at room temperature and annealed at the temperature range from 200 to 600 °C in air. The as-sputtered films exhibit the preferred orientation and the high magnetization and coercivity. After annealing, the preferred orientations become poor, but the magnetization and coercivity increase. The sample with a magnetization of 455 emu/cm³, a coercivity of 2.8 kOe, a remanence ratio of 0.72, and a maximum energy product of 2.4 MGOe has been obtained. The influence of Co ions and annealing temperature on the magnetic properties has been discussed.     

The influence of pH and bath composition on the properties of Fe-Co alloy film electrodeposition

Fe-Co films were electrodeposited on ITO glass substrates from the electrolytes with different molar ratio of Co²⁺/Fe²⁺ and different pH values (2.1, 2.9, 3.7, and 4.3) at 25 °C. The properties of Fe-Co alloy films depend on both Co²⁺ and Fe²⁺ concentrations in electrolyte and pH values was studied. The content of Co increases from 40% to 85% as the mole ratio of CoSO₄/FeSO₄ increasing from 0.50/0.50 to 0.90/0.10 in electrolyte and slightly decreases from 77% to 63% as the pH values increasing from 2.1 to 4.3. The X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the structures of the films strongly depend on the Co content in the binary films. The surface morphologies of the films are influenced by the combined action of composition and phase structure. The saturation magnetization reaches a maximum value of 2974.03 emu/cm³ and coercivity reaches a minimum value of 42.72 Oe of the Fe_0.30Co_0.70. The saturation magnetization reaches a maximum values of 2974.03 emu/cm³ and coercivity reaches a minimum values of 42.72 Oe of the Fe_0.30Co_0.70 at pH = 2.9.     

Comparison of the soft magnetic properties of permalloy and conetic thin films

The soft magnetic properties of the substrate/[non-buffer or buffer Ta]/[permalloy (Ni₈₀Fe₂₀) or conetic (Ni₇₇Fe₁₄Cu₅Mo₄)]/Ta prepared by ion beam sputter deposition are investigated. The value of the surface resistance of the conetic film is twice as high as that of the permalloy film. The value of the coercivity and magnetic susceptibility of the conetic film decreased by 25% and doubled relative to that of the permalloy film. The coercivity, with a value of 0.12 Oe, and the magnetic susceptibility, with a value of 1.2×10⁴ for the conetic film, are suitable for soft magnetic biosensor applications.     

Preparation and some properties of pulsed laser deposited YFeO3 films

YFeO₃ orthoferrite films have been deposited on to quartz and sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The films crystallize when annealed at temperatures in the range 750 to 900°C. The perpendicular hysteresis loops are rectangular with a maximum coercivity of 9 kOe. The Faraday rotation at 633 nm wavelength is in the range 4–5 × 10³ deg/cm.     

垂直取向Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe磁性三层膜的磁化反转

运用微磁学方法结合物质参数探究了垂直取向Nd₂Fe₁₄B/α-Fe磁性三层膜的磁化反转过程,计算出成核场、钉扎场以及磁滞回线随Ｌ^s（软磁相厚度）的变化,并与相关的实验和理论数据进行比较.由于考虑了退磁能量项,垂直取向的成核场比平行取向时低,在外磁场还没有反向时就发生了成核.随着软磁相厚度的增加,理论矫顽力从等于成核场（同时也等于钉扎场）,到等于钉扎场,再到小于钉扎场,矫顽力机理由成核变为钉扎. 关键词： 成核场 钉扎场 矫顽力 磁滞回线     

磁性颗粒复合体磁渗流区矫顽力异常的研究

制备了MnZn铁氧体/SiO₂颗粒复合体.研究了磁性颗粒复合体的有效磁导率μ、 比磁化强度σ以及矫顽力H_c随磁性颗粒含量的变化.研究发现，在MnZn铁氧体体积百分含 量为90%—98%的区域，复合体的有效磁导率μ的变化速率发生突变，出现磁渗流现象，从实验得到的体系磁渗流阈值V_c=97.9%.在磁渗流区，矫顽力表现出异常行为.结果表明 ，这种异常行为与复合体微观结构有着密切关系.在磁渗流前，矫顽力H_c的变化主要来 源于磁 关键词： 颗粒复合体 磁渗流 矫顽力     

SmCo5矫顽力与相变研究

用正电子湮没技术、1000kV超高压电子显微镜结合磁测量研究了SmCo₅永磁合金在回火中相析出和矫顽力机制。得出:从SmCo₅析出的Sm₂Co₁₇相本身不是反磁化形核中心,析出的Sm₂Co₁₇相中存在的某些多缺陷区域可以具有很低的磁各向异性,从而成为反磁化形核中心,使内禀矫顽力下降。实验中发现:SmCo₅从25℃到900℃回火,750℃出现最大磁不可逆损失。各种近邻Sm³⁺分布的中心Sm³⁺的磁各向异性随温度变化,越接近Sm₂Co₁₇结构,Sm³⁺为负磁各向异性的可能性越大。 关键词：     

Structural and magnetic properties of holmium substituted cobalt ferrites synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method

CoHo_xFe_2−xO₄ ferrites (x=0.00–0.1) were prepared by the co-precipitation technique and the effect of holmium substitution on the magnetic properties was investigated. X-ray diffraction reveals that the substituted samples show a second phase of HoFeO₃ along with the spinel phase. The magnetic properties such as the saturation magnetization (M_s), coercivity (H_c) and remanence (M_r) are obtained from the hysteresis loops. It is observed that the M_s decreases while H_c increases with Ho³⁺ substitution. The decrease of saturation magnetization is attributed to the weakening of exchange interactions. The coercivity increases with increase of the Ho³⁺ concentration, which is attributed to the presence of an ultra-thin layer at the grain boundaries that impedes the domain wall motion. Low field AC susceptibility was also measured over the temperature range 300–600 K at the frequency of 200 Hz. It decreases with the increase of temperature following the Curie–Weiss law up to the Curie temperature. Above the Curie temperature it shows paramagnetic behavior. The increase in coercivity suggests that the material can be used for applications in perpendicular recording media.     

包钴型γ-Fe2O3磁粉矫顽力的研究

包钴型γ-Fe₂O₃磁粉分为包钴γ-Fe₂O₃(简记为Co-γ-Fe₂O₃)和包钴包亚铁γ-Fe₂O₃(简记为CoFe-γ-Fe₂O₃)两种,它们的矫顽力可比γ-Fe₂O₃磁粉的提高100至400Oe左右,本工作对这两种磁粉矫顽力增大的原因作了探讨,认为它们矫顽力增大的机制不同:CO-γ-Fe₂O₃矫顽力增大是由于表面包覆一层Co(OH)₂使表面各向异性增大,而CoFe-γ-Fe₂O₃则是由于表面包覆的是钴铁氧体,γ-Fe₂O₃与钴铁氧体之间发生耦合作用,使矫顽力增大。     

Synthesis of ferromagnetic semiconductor 0.67FeTiO3-0.33Fe2O3 powder by chemical co-precipitation

0.67FeTiO₃-0.33Fe₂O₃ (IH33) solid solution powder was successfully synthesized by a chemical co-precipitation method using a mixture of ferrous and ferric salts as start material. Single phase of IH33 was obtained when the preparation was performed in argon atmosphere in order to protect Fe²⁺ ions from oxidization. Investigation of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the presence of Fe²⁺ ions in the IH33 powder. Magnetic measurement showed that the IH33 powder exhibited room-temperature ferromagnetism with a coercivity of 160 Oe.     

Ni81Fe19/Cr82Al18双层膜中的交换偏置

研究了直流磁控溅射法制备的Ni₈₁Fe₁₉/Cr₈₂Al₁₈双层膜中的交换耦合.样品的室温矫顽力与1/t^{3/2_FM(t_FM为铁磁层厚度）近似成正比例关系,从而表明在Ni₈₁Fe₁₉/Cr₈₂Al₁₈中交换耦合为铁磁/反铁磁界面的随机相互作用.另外还讨论了反铁磁层厚度对交换偏置的影响. 关键词：}     

Influence of rare earth Ce on structural, electrical and magnetic properties of Sr based W-type hexagonal ferrites

A series of single phase W-type Sr_3−xCe_xFe₁₆O₂₇ (x=0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, 0.10) hexagonal ferrites prepared by the Sol-Gel method was sintered at 1050 °C for 5 h. The X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that all the samples belong to the family of W-type hexagonal ferrites. The c/a ratio falls in the range of W-type hexagonal ferrites. The grain size was measured by SEM varies from 0.7684 to 0.4366 μm which shows that the Ce³⁺ substituted samples have smaller grain size than pure ferrite Sr₃Fe₁₆O₂₇ which results from the difference in ionic radii of Ce³⁺ (1.034 Å) and Sr²⁺ (1.12 Å). The room temperature resistivity of the present samples varies from 6.5×10⁸ to 272×10⁸ Ω-cm. The coercivity increases from 1370 to 1993 Oe which is consistent with the decrease in grain size. The coercivity values indicate that the present samples fall in the range of hard ferrites. The large value of H_c may be due to domain wall pinning at the grain boundaries.