Non-Langevin behaviour of the uncompensated magnetization in nanoparticles of artificial ferritin

The magnetic behaviour of nanoparticles of antiferromagnetic artificial ferritin has been investigated by ⁵⁷Fe M?ssbauer absorption spectroscopy and magnetization measurements, in the temperature range 2.5-250 K and with magnetic fields up to 7 T. Samples containing nanoparticles with an average number of ⁵⁷Fe atoms ranging from 400 to 2 500 were studied. By analysing the magnetic susceptibility and zero field M?ssbauer data, the anisotropy energy per unit volume is found, in agreement with some of the earlier studies, to have a value typical for ferric oxides, i.e. a few 10⁵ ergs/cm³. By comparing the results of the two experimental methods at higher fields, we show that, contrary to what is currently assumed, the uncompensated magnetization of the ferritin cores in the superparamagnetic regime does not follow a Langevin law. For magnetic fields below the spin-flop field, we propose an approximate law for the field and temperature variation of the uncompensated magnetization, which was early evoked by Néel but has so far never been applied to real antiferromagnetic systems. More generally, this approach should apply to randomly oriented antiferromagnetic nanoparticles systems with weak uncompensated moments. Received 20 January 2000     

Effect of an AC magnetic field on the steady-state magnetization distribution in a weak ferromagnet

Possible steady-state magnetization distributions in a domain wall are found in a weak ferromagnet subjected to an ac magnetic field. The character of the rotation of the magnetization vector in the domain wall is determined. It is predicted that domain structures can be rearranged and reoriented under an ac magnetic field.     

Ultrarelativistic electron optics in a weak magnetic field

Within an unprecedented analytical formulation, we find an approximate relationship for the ultrarelativistic velocity of electrons in the presence of a weak, time-independent and uniform magnetic field acting perpendicularly to the trajectory of the electrons. We also determine the corresponding velocity quantum operator whose eigenvalues are also determined as well as their corresponding Landau states. In addition, the corresponding synchrotron radiation losses are calculated.     

Generation of upper-hybrid solitons in a weak magnetic field

A simple model is presented which describes the space—time evolution of upper-hybrid (UH) waves excited in the mode-conversion conversion process. The model predicts oscillatory UH waves due to the ion inertia effect in the weakly nonlinear regime, and an UH soliton in the strongly nonlinear regime.     

Granular high-temperature superconductor film in a steady magnetic field

An electrodynamic model is constructed for a granular Josephson high-temperature superconductor film in a steady magnetic field. The field induces anisotropy and spatial inhomogeneity for a high-frequency field. The data can be used in boundary-value treatments for layered structures that include high-temperature superconductor films, and also in research on acoustoelectronic and magnetostatic interactions of surface acoustoelectronic and magnetostatic waves with the high-temperature superconductor medium.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 91–94, August, 1995.     

Stress effect on the magnetization process in Ni-Cu-Zn ferrite in a weak field

The effect of stress on the magnetization process for Ni-Cu-Zn ferrite was studied by the measurement of the nonsaturated hysteresis loop under external applied stress. A weak field was applied to estimate the effect of stress during the reversal magnetization process. The experimental results show that the nonreversible reversal magnetization process is affected considerably by the compressive stress in the applied field from 0.20 to 0.84 Oe. The compressive stress acts as positive field to impede the nonreversible process which takes place during the reversal magnetization process. The tensile stress had a counter effect but the effect was too small. Stress perpendicular to detecting direction seems to exhibit an effect opposite to that of parallel stress. The sample was toroidal to estimate the differencein the effect of stress between detecting direction and radial direction perpendicular to the detecting direction. The effect of stress in the detecting direction is larger than in the radial direction for the Ni-Cu-Zn ferrite with negative magnetostriction.     

Low-temperature magnetization dynamics of magnetic molecular solids in a swept field

The swept-field experiments on magnetic molecular solids such as Fe₈ are studied using Monte Carlo simulations, and a kinetic equation developed to understand collective magnetization phenomena in such solids, where the collective aspects arise from dipole–dipole interactions between different molecules. Because of these interactions, the classic Landau–Zener–Stückelberg theory proves inadequate, as does another widely used model constructed by Kayanuma. It is found that the simulations provide a quantitatively accurate account of the experiments. The kinetic equation provides a similarly accurate account except at very low sweep velocities, where it fails modestly. This failure is attributed to the neglect of short-range correlations between the dipolar magnetic fields seen by the molecular spins. The simulations and the kinetic equation both provide a good understanding of the distribution of these dipolar fields, although analytic expressions for the final magnetization remain elusive.     

Wave-trapped particle interaction in a weak transverse magnetic field

Damping of an electrostatic plasma wave loaded with a small density bunches of trapped electrons and propagating across a weak magnetic field is studied. To describe the time evolution of the wave, simple algebraic equations are derived under some restrictions on the parameters of the physical system. It is shown that the nonlinear frequency shift of the wave due to the presence of the trapped particles plays an important role and must be taken into account in the self-consistent treatment of the wave–particle interaction.     

Magnetoresistance of two-dimensional tight-binding electrons in a weak magnetic field

We study the Anderson model on a two-dimensional square lattice with an applied weak magnetic field B which causes the hopping matrix elements to have Peierls phase factors. The recursion method is applied and B dependent conductivity σ(B) is calculated from the Kubo formula for different system sizes N and degree of disorder W. For large W there is no appreciable change of σ(B) with B, but its system size dependence is first an increasing and then a decreasing behavior.     

Relativity stability of quantum gas in a weak magnetic field

Based on the analytical expression of relativistic free energy for a weakly interacting Fermi gas in a weak magnetic field, by using the method of quantum statistics, the stability conditions of the system at both high and low temperatures are given, and the effects of magnetic field and interparticle interactions on the stability of the system are analysed. It is shown that at high temperatures, the stability conditions of the system are completely the same, no matter whether it is the ultrarelativistic case or nonrelativistic case. At extremely low temperatures, the mechanical stability conditions of the system show a similar rule through a comparison between the ultrarelativistic case and nonrelativistic case. At the same time, thermal stability of a relativistic Bose gas in a weak magnetic field is discussed, and the influence of the effect of relativity on the thermal stability of the system is investigated.     

Preparation and characterization of magnetic nanoparticles with controlled magnetization

The effect of molar ratio of two hydrated iron salts used as precursors into a (co)precipitation-based synthesis method, on the composition, size and specific saturation magnetization of mixed iron oxides and oxyhydroxides magnetic nanoparticles as reaction products, was studied. The preparation procedure is based on a salt-assisted solid-state chemical reaction. The obtained products are magnetic multiphase components with the mean size ranging from 3 to 10 nm and specific saturation magnetization between 25 and 95.5 emu/g. The specific saturation magnetization modifies in a non-linear manner as the molar ratio of the iron salts varies. Excepting one sample, for which Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ molar ratio was zero, all magnetic nanoparticles show a ferrofluid-like behaviour in the colloidal form. The small size, ferrofluid-like behaviour, and controlled specific saturation magnetization allow the use of new synthesized nanoparticles in specific biomedical or industrial applications.     

Orientation of aligned alkali atoms under magnetic resonance in a weak magnetic field

It is shown that, upon excitation of the magnetic resonance in a system of aligned atoms with unequally spaced sublevels, the atoms should become oriented. This orientation was detected experimentally for Cs atoms pumped by unpolarized light in the magnetic field of the Earth.     

Localization: The effect of a weak magnetic field

The effect of a weak magnetic field on the diffusion of noninteracting electrons in a disordered system is studied in a nonlinear-model context. The effective Lagrangian describing the soft modes of the system in the weak field limit is derived. The result does not have the simple form that has been suggested by several authors. Therefore the crossover of the system under a weak perturbing magnetic field is not analogous to that found in spin systems.     

Two-dimensional electron liquid with disorder in a weak magnetic field

We present the effective theory for the low-energy dynamics of two-dimensional interacting electrons in the presence of a weak short-range disorder and a weak perpendicular magnetic field, with the filling factor γ ? 1. We investigate the exchange enhancement of the g factor, the effective mass, and the decay rate of the simplest spin wave excitations at γ=2N+1. We obtain the enhancement of the field-induced gap in the tunneling density of states and the dependence of the tunneling conductivity on the applied bias.     

Two-dimensional Thomas-Fermi parabolic quantum dot in a weak magnetic field

The Thomas-Fermi equation, in conjunction with the Poisson equation is solved exactly for the problem of the two-dimensional circular parabolic quantum dot in the presence of a weak magnetic field, in the framework of the local spin-density approximation. The total energy, chemical potential, differential capacitance, degree of polarization, and diamagnetic susceptibility were calculated. Asymptotic solutions were obtained for the limits of strong and weak confinement. Received 19 February 1999 and Received in final form 26 July 1999     

Uniform growth of clusters of magnetic nanoparticles in a rotating magnetic field

The suitability of silicon nanoparticles of 1?nm in diameter for fluorescent sensing was investigated. Silicon nanoparticles were produced in a cluster beam and co-deposited with a beam of vapourised liquids (water, ethanol, isopropanol) onto a cold substrate. Melting of the frozen cluster-ice mixture yielded an aqueous suspension which emitted strong fluorescence in the deep blue spectral range when exposed to UV light. The fluorescence wavelength of the strongest peak was found to correlate with the dipole moment of the solvent molecules which allowed us to derive the transition energy for an isolated nanoparticle. The strong solvent sensitivity showed that the fluorescence originated from a surface state. A second fluorescence peak showed almost no sensitivity to different solvents, hence the peak was attributed to a transition within the bulk?Cvolume of the nanoparticles. Our findings establish that silicon nanoparticles may serve as highly specific bio-sensors in living organism.     

环形激光弱磁传感器误差分析

本文从理论上分析了环形激光弱磁传感器主要误差因素并提出了若干克服这些因素的方法。这些误差因素是:大尺寸的法拉第室引入的噪声,磁光材料的费尔德常数的温度系数,塞曼效应的混入、朗谬尔效应等。     

Anomalous magnetism of small metallic clusters in a weak magnetic field

Anomalous diamagnetism in small magnetic fields may be observed in systems consisting of size-quantized metallic clusters. With the increase of magnetic field the diamagnetic susceptibility decreases until ordinary values χ₀ ～ 10^-5 -10^-6. The conditions for the existence of anomalous paramagnetism and orbital ferromagnetism in such systems are also discussed. An increase of the diamagnetic susceptibility in anisotropic semiconductors due to impurities is predicted.