Magnetic and transport properties of UPd2Sb

A new compound UPd₂Sb was prepared and studied by means of X-ray diffraction, magnetization, electrical resistivity, magnetoresistivity, thermoelectric power and specific heat measurements. The phase crystallizes with a cubic structure of the MnCu₂Al-type (s.g. ). It orders antiferromagnetically at T_N=55 K and exhibits a modified Curie-Weiss behaviour with reduced effective magnetic moment at higher temperatures. The electrical resistivity behaves in a manner characteristic of systems with strong electronic correlations, showing Kondo effect in the paramagnetic region and Kondo-like response to the applied magnetic field. The Seebeck coefficient exhibits a behaviour expected for scattering of conduction electrons on a narrow quasiparticle band near the Fermi energy. The low-temperature electronic specific heat in UPd₂Sb is moderately enhanced being about 81 mJ/mol K².     

Electron Orbital Magnetic Moments in the Armchair Carbon Nanotubes

Based on the density functional theory, we calculate the band structure of an armchair carbon nanotube in an axial magnetic field. The result shows that there are two kinds of magnetic moments with different symmetries. One is the Aharonov--Bohm-type magnetic moment which can be easily understood with classical picture, the other belonging to the valence, and conduction sub-bands should be explained by quantum mechanics. We use an effective mass model to analyse the magnetic moments and by comparing with the result of first-principle calculation, we conclude that the effective mass model is reasonable to estimate the change of the band gap in magnetic fields.     

Superconducting properties of tin embedded in nanometer-sized pores of glass

The electrical resistance of tin embedded from a melt in porous glasses with an average pore diameter of ??7 nm has been investigated at low temperatures in magnetic fields up to 2 T. The temperatures of the transition to the superconducting state for nanocrystalline tin have been determined in magnetic fields of 0, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 T. It has been found that the temperature and magnetic-field dependences of the electrical resistance of the nanocomposite under investigation exhibit two transitions to the superconducting state. The nature of the double superconducting transitions has been discussed. The H _c -T _c phase diagram has been constructed using the entire set of data on the magnetic-field and temperature dependences of the electrical resistance of nanostructured tin. This phase diagram indicates that the upper critical magnetic field H _c2(0) for nanostructured tin is almost two orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding field for bulk tin.     

Electrical conductivity of Zn<Subscript>1−<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Co<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>O ferromagnetic films at low temperatures

The results of experiments on electrical conductivity and magnetic properties of thin cobalt-doped zinc oxide films are reported. The results indicate the predominance of the hoping conduction mechanism at low temperatures and the band mechanism at high temperatures. An increase in the cobalt concentration from 1.5 to 6.3 at % leads to the reduction of the electrical conductivity of the films. The contribution of hopping conduction to the conductivity increases due to a decrease in the crystallinity of the films and localization of a part of electron states upon an increase in the cobalt concentration. For cobalt-containing films, a hysteresis of the magnetic moment as a function of the magnetic field is observed. The dependence of the shape of the magnetization curves on the cobalt concentration is irregular. The paramagnetic contribution to the magnetic susceptibility increases with the cobalt concentration.     

磁性液体在磁场中产生光的双折射效应机理

磁性液体是一种特殊的高分子稳定胶体,在磁场中会产生光的双折射效应,对磁性液体在胶体学科方面展开研究,发现磁性液体在磁场中的弱絮凝行为表现异常明显,显示出特有的方向性,且又不至胶体系统失稳,证明了磁性液体中的磁性微粒在磁场中聚集成方向性的链状而又不失稳的临界状态存在。从而揭示了方向性弱絮凝是磁性液体在磁场中产生光的双折射效应的机理。     

Electrical resistivity due to electron scattering with magnetic domain walls and magnetic properties of Ni-Fe alloy thin films

The physical properties of magnetic domain walls and electrical conductivity of permalloy thin films under external magnetic fields were studied. Using a magnetic force microscope (MFM), we observed the variation of domain configurations with the change of applied magnetic field for different film thicknesses of 245, 320, and 415 nm. A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) was exploited to measure the magnetization loop for the applied magnetic field either parallel or perpendicular to the normal direction of the surface. We also found that the resistivity increases significantly as the electrical current conduction changed from parallel to perpendicular to the domain walls.     

Magnetic field induced incommensurate resonance in cuprate superconductors

The influence of a uniform external magnetic field on the dynamical spin response of cuprate superconductors in the superconducting state is studied based on the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism. It is shown that the magnetic scattering around low and intermediate energies is dramatically changed with a modest external magnetic field. With increasing the external magnetic field, although the incommensurate magnetic scattering from both low and high energies is rather robust, the commensurate magnetic resonance scattering peak is broadened. The part of the spin excitation dispersion seems to be an hourglass-like dispersion, which breaks down at the heavily low energy regime. The theory also predicts that the commensurate resonance scattering at zero external magnetic field is induced into the incommensurate resonance scattering by applying an external magnetic field large enough.     

Magnetic field tomography

Neutral atoms may be trapped via the interaction of their magnetic dipole moment with magnetic field gradients. One of the possible schemes is the cloverleaf trap. It is often desirable to have at hand a fast and precise technique for measuring the magnetic field distribution. We use for instantaneous imaging the equipotential lines of the magnetic field a diagnostic tool which is based on spatially resolved observation of the fluorescence emitted by a hot beam of sodium atoms crossing a thin slice of resonant laser light within the magnetic field region to be investigated. The inhomogeneous magnetic field spatially modulates the resonance condition between the Zeeman-shifted hyperfine sublevels and the laser light and therefore the amount of scattered photons. We apply this technique for mapping the field of our cloverleaf trap in three dimensions under various conditions. Received 20 March 2001 and Received in final form 12 May 2001     

Semiclassical Calculations of Autoionization Rate for Lithium Atoms in Parallel Electric and Magnetic Fields

By using a semiclassical method, we present theoretical computations of the ionization rate of Rydberg lithium atoms in parallel electric and magnetic fields with different scaled energies above the classical saddle point. The yielded irregular pulse trains of the escape electrons are recorded as a function of emission time, which allows for relating themselves to the terms of the recurrence periods of the photoabsorption. This fact turns to illustrate the dynamic mechanism how the electron pulses are stochastically generated. Comparing our computations with previous investigation results, we can deduce that the complicated chaos under consideration here consists of two kinds of seff-similar fractal structures which correspond to the contributions of the applied magnetic feld and the core scattering events. Furthermore, the effect of the magnetic field plays a major role in the profile of the autoionization rate curves, while the contribution of the core scattering is critical for specifying the positions of the pulse peaks.     

Electrical conductivity and optical properties of ZnO nanostructured thin film

The electrical conductivity, structural and optical properties of ZnO nanostructured semiconductor thin film prepared by sol-gel spin coating method have been investigated. The X-ray diffraction result indicates that the ZnO film has the polycrystalline nature with average grain size of 28 nm. The optical transmittance spectrum indicates the average transmittance higher than 90% in visible region. The optical band gap, Urbach energy and optical constants (refractive index, extinction coefficient, real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant) of the film were determined. The electrical conductivity of the film dependence of temperature was measured to identify the dominant conductivity mechanism. The conductivity mechanism of the film is the thermally activated band conduction. The electrical conductivity and optical results revealed that the ZnO film is an n-type nanostructured semiconductor with a direct band gap of about 3.30 eV at room temperature.     

磁转动物理——剪刀带与手征双重带

总结和系统介绍了磁转动物理领域的新进展 .阐述了剪刀带的形成机制 ,并论证了在半经典近似和平均场近似下 ,倾斜轴推转模型与粒子转子模型等价 .讨论了原子核在有三轴形变时出现的一种全新的磁转动现象——手征双重带 .并从对称性的角度讨论了剪刀带及手征双重带的能谱特征 .给出了实验上可能存在磁转动带的核区.A new interesting field —— magnetic rotation physics is reviewed. It is proved that the tilted axis cranking (TAC) model is equivalence to the particle rotor model (PRM) under the semi classical and mean field approximations. The shears mechanism and the new discovered phenomena in triaxial deformed nuclei—— chiral doublets are discussed. The possible mass region for these magnetic rotation phenomena is presented.     

Raman Spectroscopy and Magnetic Properties of Mn-Doped ZnO Bulk Single Crystal

Mn doped ZnO bulk single crystals are grown by the modified Bridgman method. The as-grown crystals are red in eolour. The additional Raman mode observed at 524cm^-1 is attributed to the Mn ions incorporating into ZnO crystal. The crystal exhibited paramagnetie under lower applied field below 2280 Oe. Then diamagnetism is observed in the crystal when the magnetic field rises up and becomes dominant under applied field above 5270 Oe. The magnetic susceptibility dependence on the temperature follows a Curie law indicating a typical paramagnetie characteristic under an applied field of 2kOe. No ferromagnetic ordering is observed in the as-grown Mn-doped ZnO crystal.     

Magnetic and electrical properties of zinc selenide crystals containing disorder

The electrical and magnetic properties of ZnSe single crystals containing disorder have been studied between temperatures 290K and 900K. The study of the magnetic properties has been extended to low temperatures (100K). Paramagnetism has been found to appear at high temperatures (460–900K). From the fact that this paramagnetism is proportional to e^?δE/kT, it is suggested that localized states of single occupancy are created by thermal excitation. The study of the magnetic properties has been of help in ascertaining the nature of the transport (band conduction or hopping conduction) and in finding the hopping energy and excitation energy separately. It has also been shown from this that both band conduction and hopping conduction exist simultaneously in the sample. A study of the thermo electric power (t.e.p.) shows that below 450K current is carried by electrons in the conduction band and above by hopping of holes.     

Entanglement in Ising Chain with Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field

We have numerically calculated the thermal entanglement of a two-qubit system at low temperatures in a isotropic Ising chain under an inhomogeneous magnetic field. It is shown that in the homogeneous magnetic field, the two- qubit system has entangled states. It is concluded that the presence of the inhomogeneity in the magnetic field plays an effective role on the entangled states. Finally, it is suggested that the inhomogeneity in the magnetic field can be used to create two separated entangled formations in a two-qubit system.     

Magnetic relaxation in a suspension of antiferromagnetic nanoparticles

A kinetic model is proposed to describe the low-frequency magnetodynamics of antiferromagnetic nanoparticles suspended in a fluid. Because of their small size, apart from an anisotropic magnetic susceptibility typical of antiferromagnets, these particles also have a constant magnetic moment caused by sublattice decompensation. An orientational crossover takes place in such a nanosuspension (colloid) when magnetized by a constant field: the axes of easy particle magnetization that were initially aligned along the field become oriented perpendicularly. This effect changes significantly the characteristics of the system’s magnetic response: the dynamic susceptibility spectrum and the relaxation time in a pulsed field.     

Magnetic field penetration into half-space for type-II superconductors of the second kind

Equations that simulate the magnetic induction and current density distributions in half-space in view of the power I-V characteristic are derived. The magnetization front velocity is determined for a given mean rate of external magnetic field variation at the boundary of the sample. An integral condition for the electrical resistance (nonlinearly depending on the magnetic field) under which the magnetic flux penetrates into the sample with a finite rate is found. An analytical solution that simulates the power variation of the magnetic field at the boundary is given. The Bean generalized model describing the current density distribution near the critical current is considered. It is shown that solutions like shock waves may arise beyond the applicability domain of the Bean model.     

Magnetic separation from superparamagnetic particle suspensions

We investigate the magnetophoretic separation of magnetic microparticles from a non-dilute flow in a microfluidic channel and their subsequent field-induced aggregation under the influence of an externally applied magnetic force. This force induces dipolar interactions between the particles that aid in their separation from the flow. Existing analytical models for dilute suspensions cannot be extended to non-dilute suspensions in which interparticle magnetic interactions play an important role. We therefore conduct a parametric investigation of the mechanics of this problem in a microcapillary flow through simulations and experimental visualization. When a magnetic field is applied, the magnetic microparticles form an aggregate on the channel wall that is influenced by the competition between the holding magnetic force and the aggregate-depleting flow shear force. Microparticle collection in the aggregate increases linearly with increasing magnetic field strength and is characterized by distinct buildup and washaway phases. The collected microparticle volume fraction in an aggregate is found to depend on a single dimensional group that depends upon characteristic system parameters.     

Magnetic ordering in granular system

The conditions of the formation of different magnetic structures with ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering in granular materials containing a subsystem of ferromagnetic granules are considered within the phenomenological approach. It is supposed that the magnetostatic field and the exchange interaction between conduction electrons and magnetic ions are responsible for the formation of magnetic structure.     

Magnetic and structural features of amorphous FeMo-based alloys

NANOPERM-type FeMoCuB alloys are studied using magnetic and Mössbauer measurements in the as-prepared amorphous state. It is shown that the Fe₇₆Mo₈Cu₁B₁₅ (A) and Fe₇₄Mo₈Cu₁B₁₇ (B) alloys exhibit the magnetic dipole and electrical quadrupole interactions well detected in the room-temperature Mössbauer spectra. The thermomagnetic measurements above the room temperature indicate a vanishing of the magnetic interactions at approximately 310 K (A) and at 340 K (B), respectively. The low-temperature DC magnetic measurements show an anomaly around 200 K which is also a boundary at which zero-field Mössbauer measurements of both samples reflect the gradual “vanishing” of the electrical quadrupole interactions and appearance of another magnetically ordered component. The Mössbauer measurements in the field of 4 MA/m yield a survival of quadrupole and an enhancement of magnetic dipole interactions.     

Magnetic field dependence of conductance and conduction noise of an artificial grain boundary junction in a La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 epitaxial thin film

A single artificial grain boundary in La_0.67Ba_0.33MnO₃ (LBMO) thin film has been prepared by depositing the film on a bicrystal substrate using laser ablation technique. We investigated the magnetic field dependence of magnetoresistance and conductance-voltage characteristics of the grain boundary at 77 K. A decrease of nonlinearity of current-voltage characteristics was observed upon application of magnetic field. The results are explained by assuming the presence of two different types of parallel conducting channels (metallic and highly resistive) across the grain boundary. The analysis of the results reveals that the application of magnetic field suppresses magnetic disorders at the grain boundary region and increases metallic conduction channels across the grain boundary. The temperature dependence of the conduction noise of the bicrystal grain boundary was measured at 0 and 1.5 kG magnetic field and compared with a microbridge on the LBMO film having no grain boundary. The presence of the grain boundary was found to enhance noise by one order of magnitude. The noise of a bicrystal grain boundary showed a decrease in the presence of 1.5 kG magnetic field for T<210 K. This decrease of noise confirms that the application of a magnetic field induces more metallic channels across the grain boundary.