Parallel ferromagnetic resonance and spin-wave excitation in exchange-biased NiFe/IrMn bilayers

AbstractFerromagnetic Resonance study of sputtered Ru(7nm)/NiFe(tFM)/IrMn(6nm)/Ru(5nm) exchange-biased bilayers at X and Q-band microwave frequencies reveals the excitation of spin-wave and NiFe resonance modes. Angular variations of the in-plane resonance fields of spin-wave and NiFe resonance modes show the effect of the unidirectional anisotropy, which is about twice larger for the spin-wave mode due to spin pinning at the NiFe/IrMn interface. At Q-band frequency the angular variations of in-plane resonance fields also reveal the symmetry of a uniaxial anisotropy. A modified theoretical model which also includes the contribution of a rotatable anisotropy provides a good description of the experimental results

Exchange-spring behavior in bimagnetic CoFe2O4/CoFe2 nanocomposite

In this work we report a study of the magnetic behavior of ferrimagnetic oxide CoFe2O4 and ferrimagnetic oxide/ferromagnetic metal CoFe2O4/CoFe2 nanocomposites. The latter compound is a good system to study hard ferrimagnet/soft ferromagnet exchange coupling. Two steps were used to synthesize the bimagnetic CoFe2O4/CoFe2 nanocomposites: (i) first preparation of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles using the a simple hydrothermal method and (ii) second reduction reaction of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles using activated charcoal in inert atmosphere and high temperature. The phase structures, particle sizes, morphology, and magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles have been investigated by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Mossbauer spectroscopy (MS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) with applied field up to 3.0 kOe at room temperature and 50K. The mean diameter of CoFe2O4 particles is about 16 nm. Mossbauer spectra reveal two sites for Fe3+. One site is related to Fe in an octahedral coordination and the other one to the Fe3+ in a tetrahedral coordination, as expected for a spinel crystal structure of CoFe2O4. TEM measurements of nanocomposite show the formation of a thin shell of CoFe2 on the cobalt ferrite and indicate that the nanoparticles increase to about 100 nm. The magnetization of nanocomposite showed hysteresis loop that is characteristic of the exchange spring systems. A maximum energy product (BH)max of 1.22 MGOe was achieved at room temperature for CoFe2O4/CoFe2 nanocomposites, which is about 115% higher than the value obtained for CoFe2O4 precursor. The exchange-spring interaction and the enhancement of product (BH)max in nanocomposite CoFe2O4/CoFe2 have been discussed.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure

Synthesis and characterization of nanometric magnetite coated by oleic acid and the surfactant CTAB

For the intermediate and largest particles a mixture of magnetite and maghemite phases were produced as the saturation magnetization values of MS ∼ 60 emu/g indicated; these values were measured for most samples, independently of the coating surfactant concentration, and according to the ZFC-FC curves the blocking temperatures were 225K and 275K for the smallest and largest magnetite nanoparticles, respectively. The synthesis method was highly reproducible.Nanometric magnetite (nm-Fe3O4) particles were prepared by the reverse co-precipitation synthesis method, obtaining particle sizes that ranged from 4 to 8.5 nm. In their synthesis, the concentration of iron salts of ferric nitrate, Fe(NO3)3⋅9H2O, and ferrous sulfate, FeSO4⋅7H2O, were varied relative to the chemical reaction volume and by using different surfactants such as oleic acid (OA) and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The nm-Fe3O4 particles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS), magnetic and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements

Meninas na F´Ä±sica: um desafio para a educa¸c˜ao cient´Ä±fica escolar∗

An overview of the activities of the Commission for Relations and Gender, an organization sponsored by the Brazilian Physical Society, is presented. The focus is on the mainframe of basics action, where the popularization and education in sciences directed to girls in high school is a central activityUma avalia¸c˜ao das atividades da Comiss˜ao de Rela¸c˜oes de Gˆenero da Sociedade Brasileira de F´ísica ´e apresentada. A ˆenfase est´a nos eixos de a¸c˜oes b´asicas, onde se destaca as atividades de divulga¸c˜ao cient´Ä±fica em f´Ä±sica voltadas para as meninas nas escolas

Thermal Transport and Phonon Hydrodynamics in Strontium Titanate

We present a study of thermal conductivity, kappa, in undoped and doped strontium titanate in a wide temperature range (2-400 K) and detecting different regimes of heat flow. In undoped SrTiO3, kappa evolves faster than cubic with temperature below its peak and in a narrow temperature window. Such behavior, previously observed in a handful of solids, has been attributed to a Poiseuille flow of phonons, expected to arise when momentum-conserving scattering events outweigh momentum- degrading ones. The effect disappears in the presence of dopants. In SrTi1- xNbxO3, a significant reduction in lattice thermal conductivity starts below the temperature at which the average inter-dopant distance and the thermal wavelength of acoustic phonons become comparable. In the high-temperature regime, thermal diffusivity becomes proportional to the inverse of temperature, with a prefactor set by sound velocity and Planckian time (tau(p) = (h/k(B)T))

Internal Structure and Magnetic Properties in Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles: Influence of the Synthesis Method

The design of novel nanostructured magnetic materials requires a good understanding of the variation in the magnetic properties due to different synthesis conditions. In this work, four different procedures for fabricating Co-ferrite nanoparticles with similar sizes between 7 and 10 nm are compared by studying their structural and magnetic properties. Non-aqueous methods based on the thermal decomposition of metal acetylacetonates at high temperatures, either with or without surfactants, provide highly crystalline nanoparticles with large saturation magnetization values and a coherent reversal of the magnetic moment. However, variations in the density of defects and in the shape of the nanocrystals determine the distribution of switching fields and the effective magnetic anisotropy, which reaches up to ≈1 × 107 erg cm−3 for oleic acid-capped 9 nm nanoparticles. It is shown that the saturation magnetization values for nanoparticles produced by different methods are in the range between 49 and 95 emu g−1 due to differences in the stoichiometry, in the cation occupancy, in the magnetic disorder and in the spin canting of the magnetic sub-lattices, the latter evaluated by in-field Mössbauer spectroscopyFil: Lavorato, Gabriel Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; BrasilFil: Alzamora, Mariella. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; BrasilFil: Contreras, Cynthia. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; BrasilFil: Burlandy, Gabriel. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; BrasilFil: Litterst, F. Jochen. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; Brasil. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; AlemaniaFil: Baggio Saitovitch, Elisa. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; Brasi

Magnetic interactions in the S = 1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnets Ba2CuTeO6 and Ba2CuWO6: Parent phases of a possible spin liquid

The isostructural double perovskites Ba2CuTeO6 and Ba2CuWO6 are shown by theory and experiment to be frustrated square-lattice antiferromagnets with opposing dominant magnetic interactions. This is driven by differences in orbital hybridisation of Te6+ and W6+. A spin-liquid-like ground state is predicted for Ba2Cu(Te1-xWx)O6 solid solution similar to recent observations in Sr2Cu(Te1-xWx)O6.Peer reviewe

Origin and shell-driven optimization of the heating power in core/shell bimagnetic nanoparticles

The magnetic properties of core/shell nanoparticles can be finely tuned through the exchange coupling at the interface, enabling large heating powers under alternating magnetic fields. However, the origin of their heating efficiency is still unclear due to the complex interplay of different heating mechanisms. Here, we show that monodisperse Fe3O4/CoxZn1-xFe2O4 core/shell nanoparticles can be designed to provide large heating powers for different field amplitudes and dispersion media conditions by modulating their shell composition and thickness. The fine control of the nanoparticles' effective anisotropy provided by the interface coupling between core and shell leads to values up to ∼2400 W g-1 for water colloids and ∼1000 W g-1 for immobilized particles at 80 mT and 309 kHz. A reduction in the shell thickness or Co/Zn ratio results in a transition from a viscous heating regime to a region governed by a collective behavior, characterized by chainlike formation due to interparticle interactions. These results shed light on the origin of the large heating powers of core/shell ferrites and provide an empirical guide to design highly efficient magnetic nanoheaters.Fil: Lavorato, Gabriel Carlos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; ArgentinaFil: Das, Raja. University of South Florida; Estados UnidosFil: Xing, Yutao. Universidade Federal Fluminense; BrasilFil: Robles, Joshua. University of South Florida; Estados UnidosFil: Litterst, F. Jochen. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; Brasil. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; AlemaniaFil: Baggio Saitovitch, Elisa. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas; BrasilFil: Phan, Manh Huong. University of South Florida; Estados UnidosFil: Srikanth, Hariharan. University of South Florida; Estados Unido

Propiedades estructuralesy magnéticas de aleaciones cristalinas desordenadas Fe50Mn25+xSn25-x con x: -1.25, 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5

Disordered crystalline Fe50Mn25+xSn25-x alloys, with x = -1.25, 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 (close to the full-Heusler alloys), were arc-melted in a high purity argon atmosphere and the molten pellets were individually sealed in quartz tubes also under argon atmosphere. Subsequently, they were annealed at 1173 K for 4 days, being finally quenched in a bath with cold water. Structural and magnetic properties have systematically been studied using X-ray diffraction, 57Fe, and 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopies, and magnetization measurements recorded at room temperature. Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction patterns of the annealed samples with x = -1.25 and 0 has revealed the presence of two hexagonal crystallographic phases: (i) a chemically disordered solid solution identified as  e-(Fe/Mn)3Sn (majority fraction) and (ii) the e-Fe5Sn3 intermetallic compound (minority fraction). For samples with x = 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5, the Rietveld analysis has only indicated the presence of a chemically disordered solid solution identified as e-(Fe/Mn)3(Sn/Fe/Mn). Although compositions of the Fe50Mn25+xSn25-x alloys are close to that of full-Heusler alloys, none of them has the expected L21 structure. The average crystallite sizes, estimated from the Williamson-Hall method, are in the range of 256-62 nm. The average sizes has gradually decreased as the x-content is increased. Mössbauer results have shown localized-type magnetism from Fe non-equivalent sites, and itinerant-like magnetism on 119Sn-probes. Magnetic hysteresis loops, recorded at 300 K for a maximum field of 2200 Oe, have indicated that the remanent and coercive fields have systematically decreased as the x-parameter has increased. Coercive fields are in the range for soft magnets (1-20 Oe).Aleaciones cristalinas desordenadas Fe50Mn25+xSn25-x, con x = -1.25, 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, cercanas a las composiciones de Heusler-211, fueron preparadas por fusión en atmósfera inerte, subsecuentemente, sometidas a recocido térmico durante 4 días a 1173 K y, finalmente, enfriadas en agua helada. Todas las aleaciones han sido sistemáticamente analizadas mediante difracción de rayos X, espectroscopias Mössbauer de 57Fe y 119Sn, y medidas de magnetización a temperatura ambiente. Los análisis Rietveld de los difractogramas de las muestras con x = -1.25 y 0.0 muestran la presencia de dos fases cristalográficas hexagonales: (i) la solución sólida químicamente desordenada e-(Fe/Mn)3Sn (mayoritaria), y (ii) el intermetálico e-Fe5Sn3 (minoritaria); mientras que, las aleaciones con x = 2.5, 5.0 y 7.5, presentan solo la solución sólida desordenada, e-(Fe/Mn)3(Sn/Fe/Mn). Si bien, las composiciones de las aleaciones Fe50Mn25+xSn25-x son cercanas a las de Heusler-211, ninguna tiene la estructura cúbica L21 característica de estas. Los tamaños medios de los cristalitos, calculados por el método de Williamson-Hall, están dentro del rango 256-62 nm y disminuyen cuando x aumenta. Los resultados Mössbauer de todas las aleaciones muestran la característica de magnetismo localizado a través de la distribución de campos magnéticos hiperfinos en los sitios de Fe, y de magnetismo itinerante a través de los campos transferidos desde los átomos de Fe en los núcleos de 119Sn. Los campos coercitivos y remanentes, obtenidos por medidas de magnetización bajo campo magnético aplicado entre -2200 y +2200 Oe, disminuyen cuando x aumenta. Los valores de los campos coercitivos están en el rango de los magnetos blandos (1-20 Oe)