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.     

Effect of chromium interlayer on magnetic exchange coupling of SmCo/Cr/TbFeCo multilayer thin films

A series of SmCo/Cr/TbFeCo multilayer thin films with perpendicular anisotropy were prepared by RF- magnetron sputtering system, and the effects of Cr interlayer thickness on magnetic properties and interlayer exchange coupling were investigated. It was found that the magnetic properties varied with the thickness of Cr interlayer, especially the values of saturation magnetization Ms and the coercivity Hc fluctuated periodically with the thickness of Cr interlayer. STM images revealed that the variation of coercivity Hc was attributed to the microstructure change of SmCo layer influenced by Cr interlayer, and the variation of Ms was related to interlayer exchange coupling.     

Crystal structure,microstructure and magnetic properties of SmCo-based films treated by different annealing methods

Effect of conventional thermal annealing(CTA) and rapid recurrent thermal annealing(RRTA) processes on crystal structure,mi-crostructure,and magnetic properties of the SmCo-based films were investigated.The results indicated that the CTA-treated films exhibited poor permanent magnetic properties,and a low intrinsic coercivity of 72.8 kA/m was observed.Wide hysteresis loop was obtained for the RRTA-treated films,providing better permanent magnetic properties.The intrinsic coercivity reached 312.0 kA/m.According to the X-ray diffraction(XRD) and atomic force microscopy(AFM) results,the magnetic properties of the CTA-treated films and RRTA-treated films were found to be correlated with the crystal structure and microstructure,which were strongly determined by the annealing treatment.CTA treatment led to poor crystallization effects for the films,and a rough surface(RMS=3.47 nm and P-V=35.42 nm) and large grain size of 92.7 nm were observed correspondingly.However,the RRTA treatment exhibited great contributions on the crystallization of the films,which is accountable for the smooth surface(RMS=2.047 nm and P-V=16.43 nm) and fine grain size of 60.8 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.     

Crystal structure and magnetic properties of SmCo6.6Nb0.4 nanoflakes prepared by surfactant-assisted ball milling

SmCo6.6Nb0.4 nanoflakes with TbCu7 structure were successfully prepared by surfactant-assisted high energy ball milling （SA-HEBM） with heptane and oleic acid as milling medium. The microstructure, crystal structure and magnetic properties were stud- ied by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and vibrating sample magnetometer, respectively. The effects of ball milling time on the c-axis crystallographic alignment and coercivity of the nanoflakes were systematically investigated. The research showed that the nanoflakes had an average thickness of 100 nm, an average diameter of 1 μm, with an aspect ratio as high as 100. As the ball milling time increased from 2 to 8 h, the reflection peaks intensity ratio I（002y/I（10l）, which indicated the degree of c-axis crystal texture of the SmCo6.6Nbo.4 phase, increased first, reached a peak at 4 h, and then decreased. Meanwhile, the coercivity of the nanoflakes also increased first, reached a peak at 13.86 kOe for 4 h, and then decreased.     

1J22合金材料应用于溅射垂直磁记录薄膜的尝试

1J22合金带作为溅射靶材的一种尝试,充分利用1J22合金冷轧带材产品具有高饱和磁感应强度、高居里温度、成分均匀、纯度高的优点．避免粉末法制备FeCo产品所产生的纯度低、成分不均匀等缺陷．磁控溅射出成分均匀、磁性能较好,用于垂直磁记录的薄膜,可以替代其它FeCo和FeNi合金靶材,成为更加理想的垂直磁记录溅射靶材．     

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

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 magnetomete...     

溅射参数对SmCo/Cr薄膜铬底层晶面取向及磁学性能的影响

采用直流磁控溅射法制备SmCo／Cr薄膜磁记录材料，通过改变Cr底层制备过程中的功率、靶基距、溅射压强和溅射时间，得到了磁性能不同的SmCo／Cr薄膜。利用X射线衍射法对Cr底层晶面取向和磁控溅射参数之间的关系进行了研究，结果表明：如果改变溅射参数，使沉积cr原子获得较大的能量，则有利于Cr底层最终以(110)晶面择优取向。本实验中Cr底层以(110)晶面择优取向的最佳实验条件为：溅射功率在50～70w左右，靶基距为6cm，压强为0．5Pa，溅射时间为15min。利用振动样品磁强计(VSM)测定SmCo／Cr薄膜的磁学性能，结果表明，如果Cr底层能以(110)晶面择优取向，所得到的SmCo／Cr薄膜的磁学性能较好。     

Microstructure and variable emittance property of annealed La-Sr-Mn-O films

The La-Sr-Mn-O films were deposited on Si(100) substrates by DC magnetron sputtering and followed by air annealing at 973 K for 1 h.The microstructure and temperature dependence of total hemispherical emittance ( H) of the annealed La-Sr-Mn-O films prepared at various processing parameters were investigated.The results indicated the films deposited at lower sputtering pressure and lower O2/(O2+Ar) volume proportion (RO) were present in rhombohedral perovskite structure and the length of Mn-O bond was shorter.The metal-insulator transition temperature (TMI) was higher.All of the annealed films showed the unique feature of variable emittance based on metal-insulator transition.The films showed low emittance at low temperature but high emittance at high temperature.Moreover,the H significantly changed in the vicinity of TMI.The variability of total hemispherical emittance (Δε) and the temperature range with obvious emittance change could be adjusted by changing the processing parameters.The Δεcould be 0.45 andΔε/ε355 ( 355 is the εH at 355K) exceeded 50% for the annealed La-Sr-Mn-O films.Therefore,the annealed La-Sr-Mn-O films showed much potential for thermal control applications as smart thermochro-mic variable emittance materials.     

Magnetic Properties of （Sm, Tb）FeCo/Cr/TbFeCo Trilayers with Perpendicular Anisotropy

A series of （Sm, Tb）FeCo/Cr/TbFeCo trilayers with perpendicular anisotropy was prepared by RF magnetron sputtering, and the effect of Cr interlayer thickness on magnetic properties and interlayer exchange coupling was investigated. All the samples showed strong out-of-plane anisotropy but their hysteresis loops displayed two types ： singlephase and double-phase, indicating that interlayer exchange coupling and magnetic properties varied with the thickness of Cr interlayer. Both saturation field Hs and （1-Mr/Ms） curves indicated that interlayer exchange coupling oscillated between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic with a period of 1.6 nm, and the oscillation strength attenuated with increasing Cr interlayer thickness. After being annealed at 450℃ for 25 min, the hysteresis loops of all the samples became single-phase type and coercivity Hc decreased greatly, which could be attributed to the decrease of effective anisotropy in （Sm, TbFeCo） grains.     

Scaling Behavior and Magnetic Properties for SmxCo5 Films

SmxCo5 (x=1.3, 0.7, 0.4) thin films were prepared by magnetron co-sputtering technique. The samples were annealed at 723 K under Ar atmosphere. The annealed time was chosen as 30 min. The hysteresis loops of the samples were measured under the ac applied magnetic field with the period Tp (2π/ω), H(t)=H0sin(ωt), by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The experimental results indicate that, (1) the average hysteresis loop areas as functions of the values of H0 and ω display a power scaling law with the exponents, A=A0 H0αωβ; (2) the x composition of SmxCo5 film has evident effect on the scaling behavior and magnetic properties; (3) the anisotropy scaling exponents exist clearly in the anisotropy SmxCo5 thin films. Moreover, the scaling behavior of the anisotropy magnetic film was also simulated with Monte Carlo method. The simulated results are consistent with the experimental fact.     

快淬磁各向异性SmCo5的结构和磁性

采用熔体快淬法 ,在不同辊速条件下制得 Sm Co5合金条带。通过 X射线衍射和振动样品磁强计等手段对其结构和磁性进行研究。研究发现快淬带主要由 Ca Cu5结构的 Sm Co5相组成 ,在低辊速 (v=5 m/ s)条件下制得的快淬带经 90 0℃ / 2 h退火后 ,能获得高磁性能 :Mr=0 .91T,Mr/ Ms=0 .9,i Hc=12 96 k A/ m,(B· H) max=145 .6 k J/ m3 。     

Anisotropic Magnetoresistance of Perovskite La_(2/3)Ca_(1/3)MnO_3/YBa_2Cu_4O_8/La_(2/3)Ca_(1/3)MnO_3 Trilayer Films

Magneticanisotropyhasbeenfoundinmanyex oticmaterials,suchasmetallicsuperlatticeswithgi antmagnetoresistanceeffectsandthehightempera turesuperconductingoxideYBa2Cu3O7 δ[1～4].The anisotropycouldfindnovelusesinnewdeviceappli cations.Agoodexampleisthehig…     

Preparation and Magnetic Properties of Melt-Spinning Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe Nanocomposite Magnets

Nd11Fe71Co8V1.5Cr1B7.5 magnet was prepared by melt-spinning and subsequently annealed. The effects of the wheel speed on the magnetic properties and microstructure were studied. The results reveal that fine nanocomposite microstructure consisting of Nd2Fe14B and α-Fe phases can be developed at an optimum wheel speed of about 21 m·s-1. After optimal annealing (640 ℃×4 min), magnetic properties of Br=0.64 T, jHc=903.5 kA·m-1 and (BH)max=71 kJ·m-3 were obtained for the bonded magnets. The addition of Cr element significantly reduces grain size, increasing the intrinsic coercivity and maximum magnetic energy product.     

Effects of adding different types of carbon on the structure and magnetic properties of SmCo6.9Hf0.1 alloy

In this paper,SmCo6.9 Hf0.1 as-cast alloys and ribbons with the addition of either graphite（C） or carbon nanotubes（CNTs） were prepared by arc melting and melt-spinning,respectively.The effects of adding carbon on the structure and magnetic properties SmCo6.9 Hf0.1 were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,transmission electron microscopy（TEM）,magnetic force microscopy（MFM） and vibrating sample magnetometer（VSM）.It was found that the microstructure and magnetic structure of SmCo6.9 Hf0.1 ribbons were changed obviously due to the introduction of C or CNTs,although their crystal structure was characterized as the same Sm（Co,Hf）7 single phase,no matter carbon was added or not.As a result,the magnetic properties of carbon-contained ribbons were enhanced in a certain degree.This was considered to be related to the refined equiaxed grains,small domain size and the pinning effect of C or CNTs-rich regions.The magnetic properties of SmCo6.9 Hf0.1（CNTs）0.05 ribbons reached Hc =12.5 kOe,Mr =57.0 emu/g and Mr/M2 T =0.788.     

Magnetic and magnetostrictive properties of amorphous TbFefFeAl 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/FeAlmultilayer thin film compared with TbFe single layer film were obviously improved./n comparison with the intrinsic coercivity JHo 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/FeA1 multilayer thin film.     

Study on Magnetic Responsibility of Rare Earth Ferrite／Polyacrylamide Magnetic Microsphere

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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 Interstitial Atom Nitrogen on Properties of RE2Fe17 Compounds

The electronic structure and atomic magnetic moments of clusters NdFe6, NdFe6N3 and Fe8 with a dumbbell atom-pair in rare earth-transition element compounds NdEFe17Nx(x=0, 3) were studied by spin-polarized MS-Xα method. The results are as follows: There are three negative exchange couplings between Fe(c) and Fe(f) atoms in Nd2Fe17, which occur at their odd parity orbitals. Compared to the results of α-Fe calculated by the MS-Xα method, the low Curie temperature of compounds RE2Fe17 can be explained satisfactorily. (2) There is only one weaker negative exchange coupling orbital leaving in between Fe(c) and Fe(f) sites in Nd2Fe17N3. These results may be helpful for understanding the effect of interstitial atom M(M=N, H or C) in Fe2Fe17Mx on Curie temperature. The other key factors affecting the Fe-Fe exchange coupling in Fe2Fe17 compounds were also discussed.     

Humidity sensing properties of La~(3+)/Ce~(3+)-doped TiO_2-20 wt.% SnO_2 thin films derived from sol-gel method

The humidity sensing properties of La3+/Ce3+-doped TiO2-20 wt.%SnO2 thin films were studied.Sol-gel method was employed to prepare the films on alumina substrates.By constructing a humidity-impedance measuring system,the sensing behaviors were inspected for the films sintered at different temperatures.Experimental results showed that,0.5 wt.% of La2O3 or Ce2O3 doped films sintered at 500 °C for 2 h had the best humidity sensing properties,the impedance decreasing from 109 ? to below 104 ? in the humidity range of 15-95 RH%.Moreover,Ce3+-doping had better humidity sensing properties than La3+-doping.The doping mechanism was discussed in terms of phase composition,granularity of crystalline and segregation of rare earth ions at grain boundaries.