La-doped BiFeO_3:Synthesis and multiferroic property study

A new sol-foam-gel method was developed to fabricate La-doped BiFeO3multiferroic materials. It was demonstrated that a gradual increase in the content of La-doped into BiFeO3results in its structure changing from rhombohedral to orthorhombic. A study of other property changes indicates that La-doping in BiFeO3enhances its ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. A temperature-dependent magnetization study suggests that the magnetic property of La-doped BiFeO3samples varied from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic as the content of La-doped into BiFeO3increased from 0 to 20%.Unique temperature-dependent zero field cooling(ZFC) and field cooling(FC) magnetization behaviors were observed in 15% La-doped BiFeO3— its ZFC temperature-dependent magnetization being ferromagnetic and its FC temperaturedependent magnetization being antiferromagnetic. A possible mechanism of such an interesting M–T behavior is discussed.     

热退火对Mn离子注入非故意掺杂GaN微结构、光学及磁学特性的影响

通过Mn离子注入非故意掺杂GaN外延层制备了GaN:Mn薄膜,并研究了退火温度对GaN:Mn薄膜的微结构、光学及磁学特性的影响.对不同退火温度处理后的GaN:Mn薄膜的拉曼谱测试显示,出现了由与离子注入相关的缺陷的局域振动(LV)和(Ga,Mn)N中Mn离子的LV引起的新的声子模.在GaN:Mn薄膜的光致发光谱中观察到位于2.16,2.53和2.92 eV处的三个新发光峰(带),其中位于2.16 eV处的新发光带不能排除来自Mn相关辐射复合的贡献.对GaN:Mn薄膜的霍尔测试显示,退火处理后样品表现出n型体材料特征.对GaN:Mn薄膜的振动样品磁强计测试显示,GaN:Mn薄膜具有室温铁磁性,其强弱受Mn相关杂质带中参与调节磁相互作用的空穴浓度的影响.     

Fe、Ni共掺杂ZnO基稀磁半导体光学性能与铁磁性研究

采用水热法成功制备了不同掺杂浓度的Zn1-2x Fe x Ni x O(x=0,0.025,0.05,0.1)稀磁半导体材料,利用X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和X射线能量色散分析仪(XEDS)对样品进行表征,并结合拉曼(Raman)光谱、光致发光光谱(PL)和振动样品磁强计(VSM)研究样品的光学性能和磁学性能。结果表明,水热法制备的样品具有结晶性良好的纤锌矿结构,没有杂峰出现,形貌为纳米棒状结构,分散性良好。Fe2+、Ni2+是以替代的形式进入ZnO晶格中,Fe和Ni的掺杂使得晶体中的缺陷和应力增加,拉曼光谱峰位发生红移,光致发光光谱发生猝灭现象。另外,共掺杂样品在室温条件下存在明显的铁磁性,饱和磁化强度随着掺杂量的增加而增强。     

Fe、Ni共掺杂ZnO基稀磁半导体光学性能与铁磁性研究

采用水热法成功制备了不同掺杂浓度的Zn_1-2xFe_xNi_xO（x=0,0.025,0.05,0.1）稀磁半导体材料,利用X射线衍射（XRD）、透射电子显微镜（TEM）和X射线能量色散分析仪（XEDS）对样品进行表征,并结合拉曼（Raman）光谱、光致发光光谱（PL）和振动样品磁强计（VSM）研究样品的光学性能和磁学性能。结果表明,水热法制备的样品具有结晶性良好的纤锌矿结构,没有杂峰出现,形貌为纳米棒状结构,分散性良好。Fe²⁺、Ni²⁺是以替代的形式进入ZnO晶格中,Fe和Ni的掺杂使得晶体中的缺陷和应力增加,拉曼光谱峰位发生红移,光致发光光谱发生猝灭现象。另外,共掺杂样品在室温条件下存在明显的铁磁性,饱和磁化强度随着掺杂量的增加而增强。     

Ferromagnetism in one-dimensional Hubbard model induced by the next-nearest-neighbor hopping at electron density 3/2

Ferromagnetism in the one-dimensional Hubbard model with the next-nearest-neighbor hopping is explored by using the exact-diagonalization method in a small cluster and the equation-of-motion method in the thermodynamic limit with electron density n = 3/2. With these two complementary methods, it is found that an intermediate value of the next-nearest- neighbor hopping amplitude tl tends to stabilize the fully polarized ferromagnetic state under the condition that the on-site coulomb interaction U is sufficiently large in our model. The ground-state phase diagram of the model is presented in the tl-U plane.     

Magnetic and electromagnetic absorption properties of FeNi alloy nanoparticles supported by reduced graphene oxide

FeNi alloy nanoparticles (NPs) supported by reduced graphene oxide (RGO) (FeNi/RGO nanocomposites) were successfully synthesized through in‐situ reduction. Large amounts of sphere‐like FeNi NPs are uniformly deposited on the RGO nanosheets. The magnetic hysteresis measurement reveals the ferromagnetic behavior of the nanocomposites at room temperature. According to the electromagnetic (EM) characteristics, the FeNi/RGO nanocomposites show outstanding EM absorption properties in the 2–18 GHz range, as evidenced by the wide effective absorption bandwidth (up to 3.3 GHz, with reflection loss R_L < –10 dB) and a minimal R_L (–32 dB) at 12.4 GHz with a thickness of 1.5 mm. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

One‐Step Exfoliation and Fluorination of Boron Nitride Nanosheets and a Study of Their Magnetic Properties

A novel, simple, and efficient method for the preparation of the fluorinated hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (F‐BNNSs) and the corresponding magnetic properties is presented. A one‐step route is used to exfoliate and fluorinate the BNNSs by ammonium fluoride (NH₄F) from hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) powder. Through related instrument characterizations and theoretical calculations, we confirm that large‐area and few‐layer F‐BNNSs were successfully produced by this method, which can be attributed to a fluorination‐assisted exfoliation mechanism from the bulk h‐BN in NH₄F. More intriguingly, we initially verified that the as‐prepared F‐BNNSs exhibit ferromagnetic characteristics, which would have good potential applications in spintronic devices.     

Magnetic properties of structurally organized sodium ferrophenylsiloxane

The Mösbauer spectrum and magnetic properties of individual sodium ferrophenylsiloxane were studied. Peculiar magnetic organization of iron metal oxide clusters in this compound was established. The cluster spin (9/2) is a result of antiferromagnetic compensation of four Fe ions with simultaneous parallel spin alignment of the other two Fe ions. This makes sodium ferrophenylsiloxane a promising base for the design of molecular ferromagnets.     

Microstructural and magnetic properties of Ax:Zn1-xO (A=Mn,Gd and Mn/Gd) nanocrystals

We report the microstructural and magnetic properties of transition (3d) and rare earth (4f) metal substituted into the A_x:Zn_1?xO (A=Mn, Gd and Mn/Gd) nanocrystal samples synthesized by solgel method. The structural properties and morphology of all samples have been analysed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) method and scanning electron microscopy. The impurity phase in the XRD patterns for all samples is not seen, except (Mn/Gd):ZnO sample where a very weak secondary phase of Gd₂O₃ is observed. Due to the large mismatch of the ionic radii between Mn²⁺ and Gd³⁺ ions, the strain inside the matrix increases, unlike the crystallite size decreases with the substitution of Mn and Gd into ZnO system. A couple of additional vibration modes due to the dopant have been observed in Raman spectrum. The magnetic properties have been studied by vibrating sample magnetometer. The magnetic hysteresis shows that Mn:ZnO and Gd:ZnO have soft ferromagnetic (FM) behaviour, whereas (Mn/Gd):ZnO has strong FM behaviour at room temperature (RT). The enhancement of ferromagnetism (FM) in (Mn/Gd):ZnO sample might be related to short-range FM coupling between Mn²⁺ and Gd³⁺ ions via defects potential and/or strain-induced FM coupling due to the expansion lattice by doping. The experimental results indicate that RTFM can be achieved by co-substitution of 3d and 4f metals in ZnO which can be used in spintronics applications.     

Synthesis,structural, optical,and magnetic properties of Co doped,Sm doped and Co+Sm co-doped ZnS nanoparticles

The compositional, structural, optical and magnetic properties of ZnS, Zn_0.98Co_0.02S, Zn_0.98Sm_0.02S and Zn_0.96Co_0.02Sm_0.02S nanoparticles synthesized by a hydrothermal method are presented and discussed. X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) studies revealed that all the samples exhibited cubic structure without any impurity phases. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results revealed that the Co and Sm ions existed in +2 and +3 states in these samples. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of all the samples exhibited a broad emission in the visible region. The room temperature magnetization versus applied magnetic field (M–H) curves demonstrated that the Sm+Co doped nanoparticles exhibited enhanced ferromagnetic behavior compare to Co and Sm individually doped ZnS nanoparticles, which is probably due to the exchange interaction between conductive electrons with local spin polarized electrons on the Co²⁺ or Sm³⁺ ions. This study intensifies the understanding of the novel performances of co-doped ZnS nanoparticles and also provides possibilities to fabricate future spintronic devices.