The magnetization reversal behaviour for SmCo6.8Zr0.2 and SmCo6.8Zr0.2/α-（Fe,Co） nanocrystalline magnets at low temperature

This paper reports that the SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 nanocrystalline permanent magnets and SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 /α-(Fe,Co) nanocomposite permanent magnets are successfully produced by mechanical alloying and subsequently annealing at 700 C for 10 minutes.The x-ray diffraction results show that the phase structure of SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 nanocrystalline permanent magnets is composed of SmCo 7 phase and SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 /α-(Fe,Co) nanocomposite permanent magnets is composed of SmCo 7 and α-(Fe,Co) phases.The mechanism of magnetization reversal is mainly controlled by inhomogeneous domain wall pinning in SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 and SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 /α-(Fe,Co) magnets.The inter-grain exchange interaction at low temperature is investigated,which shows that the inter-grain exchange interaction of SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 /α-(Fe,Co) magnets increases greatly by the decrease of the measured temperature.According to Δm irr-H/H cj,Δm rev-H/H cj and χ irr-H/H cj curves at room temperature and 100 K,the changes of irreversible and reversible magnetization behaviours of SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 and SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 /α-(Fe,Co) magnets with the decreasing temperature are analysed in detail.The magnetic viscosity and the activation volume of SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 and SmCo 6.8 Zr 0.2 /α-(Fe,Co) magnets at different temperatures are also studied.     

Sm–Co high-temperature permanent magnet materials

Permanent magnets capable of reliably operating at high temperatures up to ~450?C are required in advanced power systems for future aircrafts, vehicles, and ships. Those operating temperatures are far beyond the capability of Nd–Fe–B magnets. Possessing high Curie temperature, Sm–Co based magnets are still very important because of their hightemperature capability, excellent thermal stability, and better corrosion resistance. The extensive research performed around the year 2000 resulted in a new class of Sm_2(Co, Fe, Cu, Zr)_(17)-type magnets capable of operating at high temperatures up to 550?C. This paper gives a systematic review of the development of Sm–Co permanent magnets, from the crystal structures and phase diagrams to the intrinsic magnetic properties. An emphasis is placed on Sm_2(Co, Fe, Cu, Zr)_(17)-type magnets for operation at temperatures from 300?C to 550?C. The thermal stability issues, including instantaneous temperature coefficients of magnetic properties, are discussed in detail. The significance of nanograin structure, nanocrystalline, and nanocomposite Sm–Co magnet materials, and prospects of future rare-earth permanent magnets are also given.     

Magnetic Behaviour of Sm2Co7/Fe/Sm2 Co7, Nanocomposite Trilayers with Cr and Ti Additions

Trilayered Sm2Co7/Fe/Sm2Co7 spring exchange magnets are fabricated by dc magnetron sputtering on MgO substrates. Very thin layers （0.3-0.7 nm） of Cr and Ti are added at the interfaces of the two magnetic phases. The thickness of StucCo7 is kept at 20nm and Fe at 6nm while the thickness of Cr and Ti are varied as 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7nm. The base pressure of sputtering chamber is kept below 10^-7 Torr and Ar pressure at 3-8m Torr. The samples are characterized by x-ray diffraction （XRD） and SQUID magnetometer. We report improvement in exchange coupling of nonacomposite magnets by addition of thin layers of Cr at interfaces.     

INTER-GRAIN EXCHANGE INTERACTION FOR SINGLE-PHASE NANOCRYSTALLINE Nd-Fe-B MAGNETS

The demagnetization curve as a function of intensity of the inter-grain exchange interaction was calculated for single-phase nanocrystalline Nd-Fe-B magnets by use of the finite-element technique of micromagnetics. Also, the strength of the exchange interaction was estimated as a function of the Nd content x for the nanocrystalline Nd_xFe_94-xB₆ magnets by comparing the above result with the experimental relation between _iH_c and x for the magnets. We found that the inter-grain exchange interaction decreases with the increase of x, are ≈70% and ≈60% of the inter-grain exchange interaction for x=15.5(μ_0iH_c≈2.0T) and x=19(μ_0iH_c≈2.3T), respectively.     

Fabrication and Characterization of SmCo5/Fe65Co35 and SmCo5/Fe Composite Spring Exchange Magnets

SmCo5/Fe65Co35 and SmCo5/Fe spring exchange magnets are fabricated by dc magnetron sputtering on MgO substrates and 100-nm-thick Si3N4 membranes, respectively. The base pressure of sputtering chamber is kept below 10^-7 Tort, and Ar pressure is 3 to 8mTorr. The samples are characterized by an x-ray diffractometer, a superconducting quantum interference magnetometer, and high resolution magnetic soft x-ray microscopy. We obtain the complete exchange coupling and single phase behaviour of composite magnets. The （BH）max value achieved is 28.8 MGOe.     

Amorphous-crystalline dual-layer structures resulting from metastable liquid phase separation in （Fe50Co25B15Si10）80Cu20 melt-spun ribbons

（Fe50Co25B15Si10）80Cu20 ribbons are prepared by using the single-roller melt-spinning method. A dual-layer structure consisting of a （Fe, Co）-rich amorphous phase and a Cu-rich crystalline phase forms due to metastable liquid phase separation before solidification. The magnetic hysteresis loops of the as-quenched and annealed samples are measured at room temperature. It is indicated that the coercivity of the ribbon is almost zero in the as-quenched state. The crystallization leads to the increase of coercivity and decrease of saturation magnetization.     

Soft magnetic properties of amorphous Fe52Co34Hf7B6Cu1 alloy treated by pulsed magnetic field and annealing

<正>The crystallization,microstructure,and soft magnetic properties of Fe₅₂Co₃₄Hf₇B₆Cu₁ alloy are studied.Amorphous Fe₅₂Co₃₄Hf₇B₆Cu₁ alloys are first treated by a pulsed magnetic field with a medium frequency,and then annealed at 100℃-400℃for 30 min in a vacuum.The rise in temperature during the treatment by a pulsed magnetic field is measured by a non-contact infrared thermometer.The soft magnetic properties of specimens are measured by a vibrating sample magnetometer（VSM）.The microstructure changes of specimens are observed by a Mossbauer spectroscopy and transmission electron microscope（TEM）.The results show the medium-frequency pulsating magnetic field will promote nanocrystallization of the amorphous alloy with a lower temperature rise.The nanocrystalline phase isα-Fe（Co） with bcc crystal structure,and the grain size is about 10 nm.After vacuum annealing at 100℃for 30 min,scattering nanocrystalline phases become more uniform,the coercive force and the saturation magnetization of the specimens are 41.98 A/m and 185.15 emu/g.     

Magnetic domain structures of precipitation-hardened SmCo 2：17-type sintered magnets： Heat treatment effect

The typical magnetic domains of Sm（CObalFe0.25Cuo.07Zr0.02）7.4 magnets quenched through various heattreatment steps have been revealed by using magnetic force microscopy （MFM）. For the specimens in which the nominal c-axis is perpendicular to the imaging plane, the domain configurations change from plate-like for the as-sintered magnet to corrugation and spike-like for the homogenized one, and then to a coarse and finally to a finer domain structure when isothermally aged at 830℃ and then annealed at 400℃. However, only plate-like domains can be detected on the surfaces with the nominal c-axis parallel to the imaging plane. The finer domain （so-called interaction domain） is a characteristic magnetic domain pattern of the SmCo 2：IT-type magnets with high coercivities. Domain walls in a zigzag shape are revealed by means of MFM in final bulk SraCo 2：17-type sintered magnets.     

Layer resolved magnetization reversal study in SmCo5/Fe nanocomposite bilayers

A hard/soft SmCo5/Fe nanocomposite magnetic bilayer system is fabricated on x-ray transparent 100-200 nm thin Si3N4 films by magnetron sputtering.The microscopic magnetic domain pattern and its behaviours during magnetization reversal in the hard and the soft magnetic phases are studied separately by element specific magnetic soft x-ray microscopy at a spatial resolution of better than 25 nm.We observe that the domain patterns for the soft and hard phases show coherent behaviours in varying magnetic fields.We derive local M(H) curves from the images of Fe and SmCo5 separately and find the switches for hard and soft phases to be the same.     

Exchange Coupling and Stability of SmCo7-xHfx

Electronic structure of SmCo7-xHfx compound is calculated by using the multi-scattering Xα method. It is shown that a few of electrons can transfer to the Sm 5d orbital due to orbital hybridization between Sm and Co atoms. The 3d-5d coupling is stronger, which is the main reason to result in the long-range ferromagnetic order between Sm and Co atoms in SmCo7-xHfx. According to the Stoner criterion, the result of spin-unpolarized calculation for the Sm5Co32Hf2 duster could lead to a better understanding of why the ferromagnetic SmCo7-xHfx is a stable phase. For the Sm5Co32Hf2 duster the Fermi level is situated at the overall maximum of the density of states. Moreover the duster wavefunctions at EF are antibonding and hence highly localized in real space, which would lead to a large value for the duster Stoner integral. Thus a rationalization for the magnetic stability of SmCo7-xHfx has been obtained.     

Simulation of magnetization behaviours of Sm（Co,Fe,Cu,Zr）z magnet with low Cu content

The effects of microstructure, cell orientation and temperature on magnetic properties and the coercivity mechanism in Sm(Co,Fe,Cu,Zr)z with low Cu content are studied by using the micromagnetic finite element method in this paper. The simulations of the demagnetization behaviours indicate that the pinning effect weakens gradually with the thickness of cell boundary decreasing and strengthens gradually with the cell size decreasing. Because of the intergrain exchange coupling, the coercivity mechanism is determined by the difference in magnetocrystalline anisotropy between the cell phase and the cell boundary phase. And the coercivity mechanism is related to not only the cells alignment but also temperature. With temperature increasing, a transformation of the demagnetization mechanism occurs from the domain pinning to the uniform magnetization reversal mode and the transformation temperature is about 650~K.     

Magnetic Properties of Melted ThMn12-Type Carbides and Their Nitrides

The carbides of NdDy0.2Fe12-yMoyC0.6 （y = 1.5, 2） crystallized in the ThMn12-type structure have been successfully synthesized by arc melting method, followed by a heat treatment. The magnetic properties are strongly enhanced with the addition of carbon. Upon the carbonation the saturation magnetization Ms is increased by about 20emu/g and the Curie temperature Tc is enhanced by 40-70K. The spin reorientation （SR） temperature decreases from 125 K for NdDy0.2Fe10Mo2 to 55 K for NdDy0.2Fe10MO2C0.6 indicating the change of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in the Nd sublattice. It is found that the intrinsic magnetic properties of the carbides can be improved by further nitrogenation, The composite carbon-nitrogen compounds show a Tc - 560K, M8 - 105 emu/g and Ha （anisotropy field） - 86kOe for NdDy0.2Fe10Mo2Co.6Nz and a Tc- 628K, M8 - 119 emu/g and Ha - 115kOe for NdDy0.2Fe10.5Mo1.5C0.6Nz. These magnetic properties are even better than those of simple nitrides, suggesting that these compounds can be considered as a good candidate for permanent magnet applications.     

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nd（Fe,Mo）12Nx Compounds Produced by Strip-Casting Method

The strip casting （SC） technique is employed to fabricate Nd（Fe,Mo）12Nx magnets. The crystallographic structure, intrinsic and permanent magnetic properties, as well as the microstruetures of the compound are investigated. There are prominent advantages for the SC Nd-Fe-Mo ailoys and their nitrides when compared with the samples prepared by the conventional casting （CC） method： （1） SC technique rebounds to the formation of the compounds crystallizing in a ThMn12-type structure. A single-phased host alloy Nd（Fe,Mo）12 can be directly prepared by strip casting without any isothermal annealing. Accordingly, lower energy cost and less rare earth demand notablely benefit the manufacture processing from a point of economizing. （2） The intrinsic magnetic properties, such as Curie temperature To, saturation magnetization Ms and anisotropy field Ha of the SC sample exceed the CC sample due to a phase forming condition with less-Mo-depended. （3） The microstructure studies also demonstrate that the SC compound contains finer grains, better-proportioned phase distribution than the CC compound. Optimized finM particles are observed aligned in their easy axis and the energy product of powder sample is up to （BH）max - 22 MGOe （176 kJ/m3）.     

Magneto-optical and Microwave Properties of LuBiIG Thin Films Prepared by Liquid Phase Epitaxy Method from Lead-Free Flux

Lu2.1Bi0.9Fe5O12 （LuBiIG） garnet films are prepared by liquid phase epitaxy （LPE） method on gadolinium gallium garnet （GGG） substrates from lead-free flux. Three-inch single crystal garnet films with （444） orientation and good surface are successfully fabricated. The lattice mismatch to the GGG（111） substrate is as small as 0.08%. The ferromagnetic resonance （FMR） linewidth of the film is 2AH = 2.8-5.10e, the Faraday rotation is 1.64 deg/μm at 633nm at room temperature and the optical absorption coefficient of the film is 600cm-1 in visible range and about 100-170 cm-1 when the wavelength is larger than 800 nm. The epitaxy film possesses dominating in-plane magnetization with a saturation magnetization of about 1562G. These superior optical, magnetic-optical （MO） and microwave properties of our garnet films have potential applications in both MO and microwave devices.     

Multiple sign reversals of the exchange bias field in polycrystalline SmCr_（0.9）Fe_（0.1）O_3

We synthesize the perovskite compound Sm Cr0.9Fe0.1O3 by the sol–gel method and investigate its exchange bias properties through thermomagnetic and isothermal magnetization measurements. The sign reversals of the exchange bias field are observed at the magnetization compensation temperatures 29.6 K and 96.2 K. It is demonstrated that the occurrence of the exchange bias originates from the antiferromagnetic coupling between the Cr-rich and Fe–Cr regions, of which the net magnetization is temperature-dependent. These results imply that there are potential applications in single systems with sign reversals of both magnetization and exchange bias.     

Growth temperature dependent evolutions of microstructural, optical and magnetic properties of Zn0.75Co0.25O films

Zn0.75Co0.25O films are fabricated via reactive electron beam evaporation. The influence of growth temperature on the microstructural, optical and magnetic properties of Zn0.75Co0.25O films is investigated by using x-ray diffraction, selected area electron diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscope, high resolution transmitting electron microscope, photoluminescence （PL）, field dependent and temperature dependent DC magnetization, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. It is shown that Zn0.75Co0.25O films grown at low temperatures （250-350℃） are of single-phase wurtzite structure. Films synthesized at 300 or 350℃ reveal room temperature （RT） ferromagnetism （FM）, while su for 250℃ fabricated films is found above 56 K. PL and XPS investigations show favour towards the perspective that the O-vacancy induced spin-split impurity band mechanism is responsible for the formation of RT FM of Zn0.75Co0.25O film, while the superparamagnetism of 250℃ fabricated film is attributed to the small size effect of nanoparticles in Zn0.75Co0.25O film.     

Co_(1-x)Zn_xFe_2O_4 nanofiber: Synthesized by electrospinning and its magnetic properties

Well-aligned and uniform Coo.sZno.2Fe204 nanofibers （NFs） are prepared by electrospinning via sol-gel and sub- sequent heat treatment. Each of the as-spun NFs has a diameter of about 300 nm and a smooth surface morphology. The scanning electron microscope （SEM） image shows that the diameter decreases to 70 nm after the Coo.sZno.2Fe204 NF has been annealed at 650℃ for 3 h. The structure and chemical of Co0.8Zn0.2Fe204 NF are investigated by X- ray diffraction （XRD） and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （EDS）, respectively. Single phase cubic spinel structure, Coo.sZno.2Fe204 NF, is successfully obtained after having been calcined at 550 ~C in air for 3 h, and a reduced lattice constant of the Coo.8Zno.2Fe204 NF provides the evidence of effective Zn2＋ substitution. The magnetic measurements show that the substitution of Zn2＋ for Co2＋ , i.e., the introduction of non-magnetic Zn2＋ ions into A sites, can increase the saturation magnetization （Ms） and reduce the coercivity （He）. The obtained Hc results of different samples reveal that the critical single-domain size of the Co0.8Zn0.2Fe204 NF is approximately 44 nm. By doping Zn2＋ with different concentra- tions, the morphologies of Co1-xZnxFe2O4 （0 〈 x 〈 0.5） NFs do not show obvious changes. For magnetic properties, the Ms increases and Hc decreases monotonically, respectively.     

Microstructure evolution of zircaloy-4 during Ne ion irradiation and annealing: An in situ TEM investigation

The microstructural evolution of zircaloy-4 was studied, including the amorphization and recrystallization of Zr（Fe, Cr）2 precipitates, and the density of dislocations under in situ Ne ion irradiation and post annealing. The results show that irradiation at a relatively high temperature and dose induces the formation of nanocrystals in pre-amorphized Zr（Fe, Cr）2 precipitates. The recrystallized nanocrystals also have the structure of hcp-Zr（Fe, Cr）2. The formation of the nanocrystals is thought to be the consequence of competition between atomistic disordering and the recrystallization of precipitates under ion irradiation. The free energy of the nanocrystal is lower than that of the amorphous state, which is another reason for the recrystallization of the precipitates. With increased annealing temperature, the density of the nanocrystals is increased. The dislocation density sharply decreases with the increase in the annealing temperature, and its size increases.     

Structural and magnetic properties of BiFe_(1-x)Cr_xO_3 synthesized samples

Chromium doping effects on the structure and the magnetic properties of bismuth ferrite BiFe1-xCrxO3 （x = 0-0.3） （BFCxO） polycrystalline samples are examined. The Perovskite-type oxide samples are synthesized by the conventional solid state reaction at a high pressure of 7 GPa and a temperature of 1273 K. The X-ray powder diffraction patterns at room temperature show that all the samples with x = 0.0-0.3 are described by the rhombohedral structure. In the meantime, it is revealed that the doping of Cr can induce noticeable lattice distortions in the doping samples, and the largest distortion is observed in the case x = 0.1. The magnetic hysteresis loops measured at room temperature exhibit week ferromagnetic behaviors of the samples and the magnetization is found to increase with the increase in Cr concentration. The temperature- dependent magnetization curves indicate antiferromagnetic features in samples. Moreover, Cr-doping tends to reduce the ordering temperature.     

Epitaxial Properties of Co-Doped ZnO Thin Films Grown by Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy

High quality Co-doped ZnO thin films are grown on single crystalline Al2O3（0001） and ZnO（0001） substrates by oxygen plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy at a relatively lower substrate temperature of 450℃. The epitaxial conditions are examined with in-situ reflection high energy electron diffraction （RHEED） and ex-situ high resolution x-ray diffraction （HRXRD）. The epitaxial thin films are single crystal at film thickness smaller than 500nm and nominal concentration of Co dopant up to 20%. It is indicated that the Co cation is incorporated into the ZnO matrix as Co^2＋ substituting Zn^2＋ ions. Atomic force microscopy shows smooth surfaces with rms roughness of 1.9 nm. Room-temperature magnetization measurements reveal that the Co-doped ZnO thin films are ferromagnetic with Curie temperatures Tc above room temperature.