Magnetic and magnetostrictive properties of amorphous TbFe/FeAl multilayer thin film

Exchange coupling multilayer thin films, which combined giant magnetostriction and soft magnetic properties, were of growing interest for applications. The TbFe/FeAl multilayer thin films were prepared by dc magnetron sputtering onto glass substrates. The microstructure, magnetic, and magnetostrictive properties of TbFe/FeAl multilayer thin film was investigated at different annealing temperatures. The results indicated that the soft magnetic and magnetostrictive properties for TbFe/FeAl multilayer thin film compared with TbFe single layer film were obviously improved. In comparison with the intrinsic coercivity JHc of 59.2 kA/m for TbFe single layer film, the intrinsic coercivity JHc for TbFe/FeAl multilayer thin films rapidly dropped to 29.6 kA/m. After optimal annealing (350 ℃×60 min), magnetic properties of Hs=96 kA/m and JHc=16 kA/m were obtained, and magnetostrictive coefficient could reach to 574×10-6 under an external magnetic field of 400 kA·m-1 for the TbFe/FeAl multilayer thin film.     

Effect of Ti cap layer thickness on microstructures and magnetic properties of Ti/Ni/Ti films

Nanogranular Ti(3 nm)/Ni(30 nm)/Ti(t nm )(t=1,3,5,7,10) films were prepared by facing magnetron sputtering from Ti and Ni onto glass substrates at room temperature.The structural and magnetic properties of films strongly depended on the Ti layer thickness.X-ray diffraction(XRD) patterns of all as-deposited films showed strong FCC Ni(111) peak.Vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM) measurements indicated that the perpendicular coercivity of the Ti(3 nm)/Ni(30 nm)/Ti(3 nm) film reached about 36 kA/m.With the increase of Co layer thickness,coercivity(Hc) first increased and then decreased.The grain size and magnetic clusters slightly increased and the value of roughness(Ra) was smallest at t=3 nm.     

SmCo/Co多层交换弹性纳米晶复合永磁薄膜的制备和磁耦合研究

利用磁控溅射的方法,在室温条件的Si基片上制备了[SmCo(25nm)/Co(x)]4/SmCo(25 nm)多层交换弹性纳米晶复合永磁薄膜(Co层厚度x=0～10 nm),经过550 ℃/20 min的真空退火处理使薄膜结晶后,进行磁性测试和磁耦合分析.结果表明:SmCo层厚度固定为25 nm时,调整Co层的厚度,从0至10 nm逐渐增加,矫顽力从2270.3 kA·m-1逐渐降低至1040.5 kA·m-1,同时,饱和磁化强度和剩磁随Co层厚度增加逐渐增加,上升了60％.当加入10 nm的Co层后,多层膜的最大磁能积比125 nm的单层SmCo薄膜增加了46％.另外,与SmCo/Co双层交换弹性薄膜在退磁过程中表现的零场附近的软硬磁双相行为相比,SmCo/Co多层交换弹性薄膜表现出单相反转行为,说明体系中的两种磁性层具有更好的磁耦合.经过磁耦合研究发现,当Co软磁层较薄时,薄膜中磁性颗粒以颗粒间交换耦合为主;当软磁层厚度增加时,颗粒间交换耦合减弱,静磁耦合增强,保证了软硬磁相之间的良好磁耦合作用.Co层的加入有效地提高了薄膜的磁性能.     

Effect of cobalt substitution on magnetic properties and microstructure of nanocrystalline （NdDyTb）12.3（FeZrNbCu）81.7B6.0 ribbons

Effect of Co substitution and annealing treatment on the formation, magnetic properties and microstructure of (NdOyTb)12.3(FeZrNbCu)81.7CoxB6(x=0-15) ribbons prepared by rapid quenching and subsequent annealing was systematically investi-gated by means of differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Phase analysis revealed single-phase material. The remanence polarization Jr and maximum en-ergy product (BH)max increased with increasing x from 0 to 12 and then decreased for x=lS. The intrinsic coercivity Hci of (NdDyTb)12.3 (FeZrNbCU)81.7-xCoxB6 ribbons optimally processed decreased from 1308.7 kA/m for x=0 to 817.4 kA/m for x=15. Optimum magnetic properties with Jr=1.041 T, Hci=944.9 kA/m and (BH)max=155.1 kJ/m3 were achieved by annealing melt-spun ribbon (x=-12) at 675℃ for 10 min. There was no significant influence of Co substitution on microstructure.     

Effect of Ti cap layer thickness on microstructures and magnetic properties of Ti/Ni/Ti films

Nanogranular Ti (3 nm)/Ni(30 nm)/Ti(t nm) (t=1, 3, 5, 7, 10) films were prepared by facing magnetron sputtering from Ti and Ni onto glass substrates at room temperature. The structural and magnetic properties of films strongly depended on the Ti layer thickness. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of all as-deposited films showed strong FCC Ni(111) peak. Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) measurements indicated that the perpendicular coercivity of the Ti (3 nm)/Ni (30 nm)/Ti (3 nm) film reached about 36 kA/m. With the increase of Co layer thickness, coercivity (H_c) first increased and then decreased. The grain size and magnetic clusters slightly increased and the value of roughness (R_a) was smallest at t=3 nm.     

Preparation of Rapidly Quenching （ Nd, Pr ） 12 （ FeCoZr ）82 B6 Alloy and Magnetic Properties of Bonded Magnets

TheanisotropyfieldHAofPr2 Fe14 Bisabout 30 %higherthanthatofNd2 Fe14 Bwhichresultsinhighin trinsiccoercivityfornanocrystallineexchangecoupledcompositepermanentmagnets .SothePr basedisotropicbondedmagnetshavecurrentlyattractedmuchattentions[1～ 4 ] .Howeverthistypeofpermanentmagnethasnotbeenusedinpractice .Thereexistmagneticinteractionsbetweenadja centgrainseitherinnanocrystallinecompositemagnetsorinanassemblyofsinglehardmagneticphaseofrareearth transitionmetalintermetalliccompounds[5～ 8] …     

晶间合金化Ga元素对烧结Nd-Fe-B磁性能与显微组织的影响

用晶间合金化方式直接在(NdPr)29.6(FeCuZr)69.2B1.0粉中加入0.3%Ga(质量分数,以下同),磁体的内禀矫顽力从943.5kA/m提高到1181.0kA/m。分别用晶间合金化方式和传统合金化方式在(Nd-PrDy)30.0(FeCuZr)69.0B1.0中加入0.2%Ga,前者的内禀矫顽力达到1224.0kA/m,远高于后者的971.5kA/m。显微组织结构分析表明:用晶间合金化方式加Ga后改善了边界结构,没加Ga时晶粒边界不平直,晶界处缺陷较多;加Ga后晶界平直光滑,Ga主要分布在晶界,而晶内Ga含量极低。     

Magnetic properties of SmCo-based permanent magnetic films during 25 to 300 ℃

Magnetic properties of the SmCo-based permanent magnetic films prepared on hot substrate with Mo and Cr underlayer without subsequent annealing process were investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer （VSM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and en- ergy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （EDS）. The results showed that the film thickness of the SmCo-based films presented complex effect on the intrinsic coercivity Hci. Optimal Hc~ for the films with Mo underlayer, Cr underlayer, and without underlayer was ob- served with different film thicknesses. Furthermore, the monotonous temperature dependence of Hci was found to be strongly corre- lated with the magnetic parameters for the 3.0 μm thick SmCo7 films with Mo underlayer. From 25 to 300 ℃, the Hci decreased from 281.6 to 211.2 kA/m with a temperature coefficient of-0.091%/℃, exhibiting good temperature stability.     

注射成形粘结钕铁硼磁体复合粉研究

磁体的注射成形是一种高效生产的近净成形技术。为了制备出具有较好综合性能的注射成形粘结钕铁硼永磁材料,研究了粘结剂对注射成形磁体的磁性能、加工性能及力学性能的影响;分析了硅烷系列的偶联剂、复合润滑剂和抗氧剂等添加剂对注射成形磁体性能的影响。结果表明,用MQP-B快淬钕铁硼磁粉和尼龙12粘结剂制备出了剩余磁感应强度为0.539 T,磁感矫顽力为345.37 k A/m,内禀矫顽力为681.02 k A/m,最大磁能积为47.37 k J/m3的注射成形钕铁硼磁体。     

Enhancement of terbium efficiency by gallium and copper co-doping in (Pr,Nd)-Fe-B sintered magnets

It is well known that Tb substitution for (Pr, Nd) in (Pr, Nd)-Fe-B based sintered magnetic materials is an effective way to increase intrinsic coercivity, but it is not quite clear whether the increment depends on the different matrix phases with various doping ingredient or not, which is essential to develop high quality magnets with high coercivity more efficiently and effectively with economic consumption of expensive Tb and other costly heavy rare earths. In this paper, we investigated the efficiency of Tb substitution for magnetic property in (Pr, Nd)-Fe-B sintered permanent magnets by co-doping Ga and Cu elements. It is shown that Ga and Cu co-doping can effectively improve the efficiency of Tb substitution to increase the thermal stability and the coercivity. The intrinsic coercivity increases up to 549 and 987 kA/m respectively by 1.5 wt% and 3.0 wt% Tb substitution in Ga and Cu co-doped magnets while the intrinsic coercivity increases up to only 334 and 613 kA/m respectively by the same amounts of Tb substitution in non-Ga and low-Cu magnets. In other words, it demonstrates that there is about 329–366 kA/m linear equivalent enhancement of intrinsic coercivity by 1.0 wt% Tb substitution for (Pr, Nd) in Ga and Cu co-doped magnets. The temperature coefficients of both intrinsic coercivity β and remanence α at 20–150 °C by 3.0 wt% Tb substitution for the magnets with Ga and Cu co-doping are −0.47%/K and −0.109%/K respectively, and in contrast those values are −0.52%/K and −0.116%/K respectively for the non-Ga and low-Cu magnets. It is the principal reason for more efficient enhancement of magnetic property by Tb substitution in the Ga and Cu co-doped magnets in which Tb atoms are expelled from triple junction phases (TJPs) to penetrate into the grain boundary phases (GB phases) and thus modify the grain boundary. It is prospected that the efficiency of Tb substitution would rely on different matrix phases with various doping constituents.     

Study on the Crystal Structure and the Intrinsic Properties of Ternary Rare Earth Compound TbMn6Sn6

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Microstructures and Magnetic Properties of As-Cast RE（Dy）-Fe-C（B） Alloys

RE2 Fe14 Ccompoundswithtetragonalcrystalstructureareformedforalmostallrareearthelements(RE ) .Theirmagneticpropertiesareveryclosetothoseofthecorrespondingborides[1～ 5] .Formostofthelightrare earthelements ,La ,Ce ,ProrNd ,itisdifficulttoproducetheRE2 Fe14 Cphase[5～ 7] .Thereasonisthefairlylowtemperature (Tt)ofthesolidstatephasetransformationinthesecompounds .TheydecomposeeasilyintoRE2 Fe17Cxcompoundsathighertemperatures[8,9] .Highcoercivitiescanbeobtainedthroughacontrolledtransformat…     

A Study of Two-Phase Nanocrystalline Nd_(8.5)Fe_(75)Co_5Cu_1Zr_3Nb_1B_(6.5)Permanent Magnet

Materialswithenhancedremanentmagneticpo larizationwereinitiallypreparedbyCoehoorn[1] frommelt spunNd3.8Fe77B19.2 ribbonsbyheattreatment .Thesimilarbehaviorwasalsoobservedfrommelt spuntwo phasesamplesofNd2 Fe14 Bandα Fe[2 ] .Themag neticpropertiesofisotropicnanocrystallinetwo phasepermanentsdependsensitivelyonmicrostructuralfea tures,suchasdistributionofmagneticallyhardandsoftphases ,meangrainsize ,particleshapeandgrainboundarytype[3] .Inordertoobtainhighmaximumenergyproduct ,itisnecessaryt…     

Influence of Zr Additions on Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocomposite Nd10.5Fe78-xCo5ZrxB6.5 (x=0～5) Alloys

The influence of Zr addition on the microstructure and magnetic properties of nanocomposite Nd10.5Fe78-xCo5ZrxB6.5 (x=0～5) alloys was investigated. It was found that the intrinsic coercivity could be significantly improved by the addition of 2% (atom fraction) Zr. The presence of small amount of amorphous phase is responsible for the low intrinsic coercivity for Zr-free alloy. The small amount addition of Zr may suppress the growth of grains of α-Fe and Nd2Fe14B phases. The more homogeneous microstructure with an average grain size of 20 nm can be obtained for Nd10.5Fe76Co5Zr2B6.5 alloy.     

Effect of film thickness on magnetic properties of Cr/SmCo/Cr films

Cr/SmCo/Cr films with different SmCo thickness were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering,followed by an annealing process at 550 °C for 20 min.Experimental results showed that the SmCo film of 30 nm exhibited two-phase behavior in the demagnetization process,the obvious kink was observed near zero.For the SmCo film of 50 nm,the kink was invisible,and a single phase like behavior was obtained in the demagnetization process.The reversal behavior became consistent in the thicker films.Moreover,the coercivity reduced and the saturated magnetization increased obviously with the increasing thickness.X-ray diffraction results indicated that the average grain size of SmCo 5 in the thicker films were almost 30 nm,but the quantity of SmCo 5 grains increased with the increasing thickness,which enhanced the intergrain exchange coupling(IEC) of the SmCo 5 hard phases.The increase of IEC improved the magnetic properties of SmCo films with increasing thickness.     

Enhanced magnetic properties in chemically inhomogeneous Nd-Dy-Fe-B sintered magnets by multi-main-phase process

Homogeneous substitution of Dy for Nd in the hard magnetic 2:14:1 phase can effectively enhance coercivity to ensure the high temperature operation,however,inevitably deteriorate remanence at expense.In this work,we performed a comparative investigation of the two magnets prepared by multimain-phase(co-sintering Nd_2 Fe_(14)B and(Nd,Dy)_2 Fe_(14)B powders) and single-main-phase(sintering(Nd,Dy)_2 Fe_(14)B powders) approaches.The comparative investigation reveals that at the same Dy substitution level(2.16 wt%),such chemically inhomogeneous multi-main-phase magnet possesses better roomtemperature magnetic properties as well as thermal stability than those of the single-main-phase one with homogenous Dy distribution in the matrix grains.Room-temperature magnetic properties H_(Cj)=1664 kA/m,B_r=1.33 T and(BH)_(max)=350.4 kJ/m~3 for the multi-main-phase magnet are all better than those for the single-main-phase magnet with H_(Cj)=1536 kA/m,B_r=1.29 T and(BH)_(max)=318.4 kj/m3.In addition,over the temperature range from 295 to 423 K,both the temperature coefficients of coercivity and remanence for the multi-main-phase magnet are also lower than that for the single-main-phase magnet.Such superior magnetic performance is attributed to the short-range magnetic interactions inside individual 2:14:1 phase grains and the long-range magnetostatic interactions between adjacent grains with inhomogeneous Dy distribution.Our work provides a feasible approach of enhancing coercivity and retaining energy product simultaneously in the Nd-Dy-Fe-B permanent magnets.     

Domain Structure and Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Rare Earth-Transition Metal Thin Films

Rare Earth-Transition Metal permanent magnet films were epitaxially grown by pulsed laser deposition on heated MgO single crystal substrates of different orientations. The epitaxial growth relation of film, buffer and substrate is studied by pole figure measurements and its consequences on the anisotropic magnetic behavior are discussed. In the investigated material systems, RCo₅ (R = Sm, Pr) and Nd-Fe-B, high anisotropies and coercivities are achieved, the film morphology, domain structure and the coercivity mechanism are, however, distinctly different. The small scaled domain structure found for SmCo₅ and PrCo₅ films is a consequence of the small grain sizes and the magnetization process is dominated by strong pinning. Nd₂Fe₁₄B based films, on the other hand, are nucleation type magnets and coercivity is influenced by film morphology and roughness.     

Microstructure improvement related coercivity enhancement for sintered NdFeB magnets after optimized additional heat treatment

The microstructure, especially the Nd-rich phase and the grain boundary, in sintered NdFeB magnets plays an important role in magnetic reversal and coercivity mechanism. To better understand the effects of the microstructure on the coercivity, we investigated the microstructure and properties improvements of a commercial sintered NdFeB magnet after optimized additional heat treatment. The coercivity is enhanced from 1399 to 1560 kA/m. This enhancement has been explained in terms of the evolution of the grain boundary structure, and the formation of continuous thin layers of Nd-rich phase is important for high coercivity. The micromagnetic simulation together with the numerical analysis based on the nucleation model suggest that the reversed magnetic domains nucleate mainly at the interface of multi-junctions of Nd₂Fe₁₄B grains with high stray fields during the demagnetization process. Both improved anisotropy fields at grain boundaries and reduced stray fields at multi-junction Nd-rich phases contribute to the coercivity enhancement. This work has importance in understanding the crucial microstructure parameters and enhancing the obtainable properties for sintered NdFeB magnets.     

烧结Nd-Fe-B磁体晶界扩散TbH2高温稳定性及其机理

采用涂敷方式,在烧结钕铁硼表面均匀涂敷TbH₂粉末,经过不同的扩散温度处理,制备出晶界扩散磁体。研究了晶界扩散TbH₂对烧结Nd-Fe-B磁体常温磁性能及高温稳定性的影响,并分析了磁体矫顽力提升的机理。常温磁性能研究表明,扩散磁体经过890 ℃+490 ℃工艺处理后性能达到最优,矫顽力从1 383 kA/m提升到1 988 kA/m。高温磁性能结果显示,扩散磁体200 ℃的矫顽力温度系数|β|比原始磁体降低0.032%/℃,磁通不可损失hirr比原始磁体降低21.47%,扩散TbH₂明显提高了烧结Nd-Fe-B磁体的热稳定性。分析得出,晶界扩散TbH₂磁体矫顽力提升的机理是Nd₂Fe₁₄B晶粒外延层形成了（Tb, Nd）₂Fe₁₄B核壳结构,提高了磁晶各向异性场;同时改善了磁体的微观组织结构,有效地隔绝了晶粒之间的磁交换耦合作用。      

高矫顽力2:17型SmCo稀土永磁的时效处理与磁性能的研究

利用X射线衍射仪、扫描电子显微镜、X射线电子能谱分析以及磁性测量的方法,研究了高矫顽力2:17型钐钴稀土永磁合金在等级时效过程中磁性能的变化与时效条件及显微组织结构的关系.合金一经时效就由单相固溶体分解为2:17相和1:5相,在随后降低温度的等级时效过程中,内禀矫顽力由398 kA/m提高到1 631.8 kA/m,Hci的提高可以认为是两相畴壁能差的变化引起的,另外时效中产生的晶界析出物对矫顽力的提高也起了一定的作用.