Effect of Dy on structure and magnetic properties of DyxFe60.5?xPt39.5 Alloys

Effects of the content of Dy on structure and magnetic properties of Dy _x Fe_60.5−x Pt_39.5 alloys(x=0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5) were investigated. The results of XRD analysis proved that the phase-transitional temperature of Dy _x Fe_60.5−x Pt_39.5 alloys from disordered face-centered-cubic structure to ordered face-centered-tetragonal cubic structure decreases with the increase of the content of Dy(x). Suitable content of Dy can improve the exchange coupling between soft magnetic phase and hard magnetic phase by refining grain size, while the remanence ratio and coercivity of the Fe_60.5Pt_39.5 alloy can be significantly improved by a small replacement of Fe by Dy, good magnetic properties were obtained in Dy_0.5Fe_60.0Pt_39.5 alloys.     

Effect of annealing temperature on the ferroelectric properties of BiFeO<Subscript>3</Subscript> thin films prepared by sol-gel process

Sol-gel process was adopted to prepare BiFeO₃ films. BiFeO₃ films were deposited on LaNiO₃ coated Si(100) substrates annealed at 500 and 550 °C, respectively. The X-ray diffraction results reveal that BiFeO₃ film has a rhombohedrally distorted perovskite structure with space group R3c. The film annealed at 500 °C has larger remnant polarization (P _r) of 35.3 μC/cm². For the film annealed at 550 °C, smaller remnant polarization of P _r=4.8 μC/cm² is observed for its low breakdown electric field. Lower leakage conduction is observed in the film annealed at 500 °C at low applied field.     

Preparation and mechanical behavior of Mg-based bulk metallic glasses and their matrix composite

Mg87-xCuxDy13(x=22,27,32) bulk metallic glasses (BGMs) with a diameter of 6-8 mm and in-situ Mg phase reinforced Mg70Cu17Dy13 BMG matrix composite with a diameter of 3 mm have been prepared by copper mould casting. The glass forming ability (GFA) of Mg-Cu-Dy alloys have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and tne mechanical properties have been measured. Results show that Mg87-xCuxDy13(x=22,27,32) alloys in the Mg-Cu-Dy alloy system exhibit excellent GFA, and Mg60Cu27Dy13 alloy has the largest GFA among these alloys. And In-situ Mg phase reinforced Mg70Cu17Dy13 BMG matrix composite exhibits some work hardening and a high fracture compressive strength of 702.38 MPa and some plastic strain of 0.81%. The improvement of the mechanical properties is attributed to the fact that the Mg phase distributed in the amorphous matrix of the alloy has some effective load bearing and plastic deformation ability to restrict the expanding of shear bands and cracks and produce its own plastic deformation.     

Structural evolution and stability of mechanically alloyed Fe-Ni nanocrystalline

The structural evolution and stability of Fe100-xNix(x=10, 20, 35, 50) alloys prepared by mechanical alloying were investigated through X-ray diffraction analysis and transmission electron microscopy. The intrinsic conditions of preparation determining phase stability in nanocrystalline were clarified. After being milled for 120 h, the powders of Fe90Ni10 and Fe80Ni20 consist of a single α(bcc) phase, Fe30Ni30 powders are a single γ(fcc), and for Fe65Ni35 powders there is co-existence of α and γ phases. The as-milled Fe80Ni20 powders annealed at 680 ℃ exhibits the stability of high-temperature γ phase at room temperature, which is consistent with the theoretical prediction.     

Effects of the annealing heating rate on sputtered aluminum oxide films

Al_xO_y films by DC reactive magnetron sputtering were annealed in air ambient at 500 ℃for 1 h with different heating rates of 5,15,and 25 ℃/min.Then heat treatments at 900 ℃ were carried out on these 500 ℃-annealed films to simulate the high-temperature application environment.Effects of the annealing heating rate on structure and properties of both 500 ℃-annealed and 900 ℃-heated films were investigated systematically.It was found that distinct γ-Al_2O_3 crystallization was observed in the 900 ℃-heated films only when the annealing heating rates are 15 and 25 ℃/min.The 500 ℃-annealed film possessed the most compact surface morphology in the case of 25 ℃/min.The highest microhardness of both 500 ℃-annealed and 900℃-heated films were obtained when the annealing heating rate was 15 ℃/min.     

Preparation and effect of oxygen annealing on the electrical and magnetic properties of epitaxial (0001) Zn1−x Co x O thin films

Epitaxial (0001)-oriented Zn_1?x Co _x O ( _x = 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1) thin films were grown on c-sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The XRD analysis, optical transmittance and XPS measurements revealed that the Co²⁺ substituted Zn²⁺ ions were incorporated into the lattice of ZnO in Zn_1?x Co _x O thin films. The electrical properties measurements revealed that the Co concentration had a nonmonotonic influence on the electrical properties of the Zn_1?x Co _x O thin films due to the defects resulted from imperfections induced by Co substitution. The resistivity remarkably increased and the carrier concentration remarkably decreased in Zn_1?x Co _x O thin films after oxygen annealing at 600 ° under 15 Pa O₂ pressure for 60 mins. Room-temperature ferromagnetic was observed and the ferromagnetic Co amount was smaller than the nominal Co concentration for Zn_1?x Co _x O samples before oxygen annealing. After oxygen annealing, the Zn_1?x Co _x O thin films exhibited paramagnetic behavior. It is suggested that the room-temperature ferromagnetic of Zn_1?x Co _x O thin films may attribute to defects or carriers induced mechanism.     

Effect of Zn2+ content on the microstructure and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Ni1−x Zn x Fe2O4 ferrite by a spraying-coprecipitation method

Nanocrystalline Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 ferrites with 0≤x≤1 were successfully prepared by a spraying-coprecipitation method.The microstructure was investigated by using XRD and TEM.Magnetic properties were measured with vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM) at room temperature.The results show that the grain size of nanocrystalline Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 ferrite calcined at 600 ℃ for 1.5 h is about 30 nm.Lattice parameter and specific saturation magnetization Ms of nanocrystalline Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 ferrite increase with the Zn2+ ions content at room temperature,and maximum Ms is 66.8 A·m2·kg-1 as the Zn2+ ions content is around 0.5,and coercivity Hc of the nanocrystalline Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 ferrite decreases with Zn2+ ions content.     

Glass formation of ternary Sin-based Sm-AI-Co bulk metallic glasses

Ternary Sm-based Sm-AI-Co alloys at specific compositions designed using an e/a- and cluster-related criteria exhibit high glass forming abilities and form bulk glassy rods of 3 mm in diameter by a copper mold suction-casting method. Four compositions of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are Sm₅₀Al₂₅Co₂₅, Sm₅₂Al₂₄Co₂₄, Sm₅₄Al₂₃Co₂₃ and Sm₅₆Al₂₂Co₂₂, which all satisfy a constant conduction electron concentration of 1.5. Among them, the BMG exhibiting the largest reduced glass transition temperature (T_rg) is Sm₅₀Al₂₅Co₂₅, which reaches 0.648. The glass transition temperature T_g and the onset crystallization temperature T_x of this alloy are respectively 579 and 640 K at a heating rate of 20 K/min.     

Effects of annealing processes on Cu<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Si<Subscript>1-<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript> thin films

The Cu _x Si_1-x thin films have been grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with in situ annealing on Si (001) and Si (111), respectively. The transformation of phase was detected by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the as-deposited films were composed of Cu on both Si (001) and Si (111). The annealed thin films consisted of Cu + η”-Cu₃Si on Si (001) while Cu + η’-Cu₃Si on Si (111), respectively, at annealed temperature (T _a) = 300-600 °C. With the further increasing of T _a, at T _a= 700 °C, there was only one main phase, η”-Cu₃Si on Si (001) while η’-Cu₃Si on Si (111), respectively. The annealed thin films transformed from continuous dense structure to scattered-grain morphology with increasing T _a detected by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). It was also showed that the grain size would enlarge with increasing annealing time (t _a).     

Heat treatment temperature effect on the microstructure and optical properties of Dy2(WO4)3 powders

Dy₂(WO₄)₃ powders were synthesized through liquid-phase reaction. The structure transformation of Dy₂(WO₄)₃ powders were analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The optical absorption and photoluminescence properties were characterized by UV-vis-infra diffuse reflectance spectra and fluorescence spectra. The Dy₂(WO₄)₃ host could absorb deep UV light and transfer the energy of UV light to Dy³⁺ ions, which convert the high-energy UV light to blue light (482 nm, ⁴ F _9/2→⁶ H _15/2) and yellow light (547 nm, ⁴ F _9/2→⁶ H _13/2). The Dy₂(WO₄)₃ powders could also absorb near UV light and exhibit blue and yellow emissions near 482 and 547 nm, respectively. Heat treating promoted the crystallization and regulated the micro-structure of Dy₂(WO₄)₃ hosts. The bands of W-O_d anti-symmetric stretching vibration exhibited red shift with the increasing of sintering temperature. The W-O_b-W groups tended to combine with each other to form W-O_c-W groups after heat treating. These regulation of micro-structure had influence on the luminescent color of Dy₂(WO₄)₃. The samples could emit yellow-green, white-yellow and white light under the excitation of 350 nm after being treated at 600, 800 and 1 000 °C, respectively. The prepared Dy₂(WO₄)₃ powders have potential to act as UV absorber for solar cell to improve the conversion efficiency and also exhibit potential for white light LED.     

Synthesis of Ni-Zn ferrite and its microstructure and magnetic properties

1 INTRODUCTION Ni-Zn ferrite with spinel structure is a versatile technological material due to their high-resistivity and low-eddy current losses, particularly suitable for high-frequency applications. Ni-Zn ferrites have been commercially used in recording heads, antennas rods, loading coils, microwave devices and telecommunication applications fields, and so on[1?2]. Ni-Zn ferrites are usually prepared by the conventional ceramic method[3] and the wet-chemical method[4?16]. The cerami…     

Zn_(1-x)Co_xO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Bulk Prepared by Hot Pressing

Zn_1−x Co _x O diluted magnetic semiconductor bulks were prepared by hot pressing. Mixed powders of pure ZnO and CoO were compacted under pressure of 10 MPa at the temperature of 1 073 K. Then the samples were annealed in vacuum at the temperature from 673 K to 873 K for 10 h. The crystal structure and magnetic properties of Zn_1−x Co _x O bulks have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to study chemical valence of zinc and cobalt in the samples. The results showed that Zn_1−x Co _x O samples had c-axis oriented wurtzite symmetry, neither cobalt or cobalt oxide phase was found in the samples if x was less than 0.15. Zn and Co existed in Zn_0.9Co_0.1O sample in Zn²⁺ and Co²⁺ states. The results of VSM experiment proved the room temperature ferromagnetic properties (RTFP) of Co-doped ZnO samples. The saturation magnetization and the coercivity of Zn_0.9Co_0.1O sample, observed in the M-H curve, were about 0.20 emu/g and 200 Oe, respectively.     

Gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of as-quenched nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg2Ni-type alloys

The nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg₂Ni-type Mg₂Ni_1?x Co _x (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) alloys were synthesized by melt quenching technology. The structures of the as-cast and quenched alloys were characterized by XRD, SEM and HRTEM. The gaseous hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys was measured using an automatically controlled Sieverts apparatus. The alloy electrodes were charged and discharged with a constant current density in order to investigate the electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys. The results demonstrate that the substitution of Co for Ni results in the formation of secondary phases MgCo₂ and Mg instead of altering the major phase Mg₂Ni. No amorphous phase is detected in the as-quenched Cofree alloy, however, a certain amount of amorphous phase is clearly found in the as-quenched alloys substituted by Co. Furthermore, both the rapid quenching and the Co substitution significantly improve the gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys, for which the notable increase of the hydrogen diffusion coefficient (D) along with the limiting current density (I _L ) and the obvious decline of the electrochemical impedance generated by both the Co substitution and the rapid quenching are basically responsible.     

Flux pinning effect of cubic equiaxed morphology and its Ti stabilizing in Nb<Subscript>3</Subscript>Sn superconductors

Two sets of internal-Sn Nb3Sn superconducting strands were fabricated through RRP method, one with 2 wt% of Ti alloyed in Sn core and the other just pure Sn. Four reaction temperatures of 650℃, 675℃, 700℃ and 725℃ and 128 h duration were applied for A15 phase formation heat treatment after Cu-Sn alloying procedure of 210℃/50 h + 340℃/25 h. For the heat-treated coil samples, transport non-Cu JC was examined through standard 4-probe technique and phase microstructure was observed by means of Field Emission Sc...     

Preparation of ITO nano-powders by hydrothermal-calcining process

1 INTRODUCTIONSn-doped In2O3(ITO) is one kind of n-typesemiconductor material[1].It has excellent electro-optical properties , such as electrical conductivityand high transparency under visible light[2],andiswidely used in electronic , transparent electrode ,solar cells and electro-irradiance , especially inscreen display[3 ,4].Recently nearly half of the met-al indium has been used to prepare ITO materialsin the developed countries[5], such as Japan, A-merica ,France and so on.So the…     

Synthesis of high pure Ti3AlC2 and Ti2AlC powders from TiH2 powders as Ti source by tube furnace

Titanium aluminum carbide (Ti₃AlC₂ and Ti₂AlC) powders were synthesized from TiH₂ powders instead of Ti powders as Ti source by a tube furnace under argon atmosphere without preliminary dehydrogenation. 95 wt% pure Ti₃AlC₂ powders were synthesized from TiH₂/1.1Al/2TiC at 1 450 °C for 120 min. High-purity Ti₂AlC powders were also prepared from 3TiH₂/1.5Al/C and 2TiH₂/1.5Al/TiC powders at 1 400 °C for 120 min. The as-synthesized samples were porous and easy to be ground into powders. Sn or Si additives in starting materials increased the purity of synthesized Ti₃AlC₂ obviously and expanded the temperature range for the synthesis of Ti₃AlC₂. With Si or Sn as additives, high pure Ti₃AlC₂ was synthesized at 1 200 °C for 60 min from TiH₂/x Si/Al/2TiC and TiH₂/x Sn/Al/2TiC (x = 0.1, 0.2), respectively.     

Effects of Annealing Process on Crystallization and Low Temperature Resistance Properties of PP-R Composites

The effects of the annealing process on the mechanical properties and crystallization behaviors of polypropylene random copolymer(PP-R) composites were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction(WAXD), and dynamic mechanical analysis(DMA), and scanning electron microscopy(SEM). The experimental results indicated that the annealing process significantly influenced the comprehensive properties of PP-R composites. At temperatures below 23 ℃, the impact strength of the PP-R composites annealed at 120 ℃ for 6 h was relatively high at 74.73 k J/m~2, which was 16.8% higher than that of the samples annealed at 80 ℃ for 6 h. At low temperatures(-30-0 ℃), the impact strength ranged from approximately 13.31 k J/m~2 to 54.4 k J/m~2. In addition, the annealing process conducted at 120 ℃ for 6 h improved the crystalline structure and low-temperature toughness of the PP-R composites and induced α-form to β-form crystal transformation. The work provides a possible method to reinforce and toughen the semicrystalline polymer at low temperatures(-30-0 ℃) by annealing.     

Preparation of microsized single-crystalline Co_3O_4 by high-temperature hydrolysis

Microsized single-crystalline Co3O4 has been synthesized by high-temperature hydrolysis of CoCl2·2H2O at 600 °C.The samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The results reveal that the as-prepared powders are microsized single-crystalline Co3O4 with cubic spinel structure.An increase in the high-temperature hydrolysis time results in the evolution of particle shapes from cube to quasi-sphere,and then to octahedron...     

Formation and mechanical properties of ductile Fe-based amorphous alloys using a cast iron with minor addition of B and Al

Fe-based amorphous alloys with ductility were synthesized using the commercial cast iron QT50 (denoted as QT) with the combining minor addition of B and Al by single roller melt-spinning. The melt-spun (QT_1-xB_x)₉₉Al₁ (x is from 0.006wt% to 0.01wt%) amorphous alloys exhibit onset crystallization temperatures and Curie temperatures of 759–780 and 629–642 K respectively, and which increase with B content. The amorphous ribbons are ductile and can be bent 180° without breaking. With the increase in B content from 0.006wt% to 0.01wt%, the Vickers microhardness of the amorphous alloys increases from Hv 830 to Hv 1110. The effects of the additional B and Al elements on the glass forming ability and mechanical properties were also discussed.     

Dynamic dam-reservoir interaction analysis including effect of reservoir boundary absorption

The Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 thin films were fabricated on the Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrates using sol-gel method. The structure and morphology of the films were characterized using X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy. The thin films showed a perov- skite phase and dense microstructure. The 2Pr and 2Vc of the Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 thin films annealed at 700℃ were 18.6 μC/cm2 and 4.1 V, respectively, under an applied voltage 10 V. After the switching of 1×1010 cycles, the Pr value decreased to 90% of its pre-fatigue values. The films showed good insulating behavior according to the test of leakage current. The dielectric constant and the dissipation factor of the Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 thin films were about 176 and 0.046 at 1 kHz, respectively.