High-coercivity ultralight transparent magnets
Magnetic silica-aerogel composites have been synthesized by dispersing hard magnetic Nd2Fe14B particles in a sol during a fast sol-gel process and subsequently supercritically drying the resulting gels. The composites are found to retain most of the outstanding properties of their constituents: the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:116252 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116252 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.1578538 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Magnetic fields Materials properties Coercive force Gels Magnetic anisotropy Magnets Powders Remanence Silica Sol gel processing |
| Sumario: | Magnetic silica-aerogel composites have been synthesized by dispersing hard magnetic Nd2Fe14B particles in a sol during a fast sol-gel process and subsequently supercritically drying the resulting gels. The composites are found to retain most of the outstanding properties of their constituents: the large coercivity and moderate remanence of the magnetic powders and the transparency and low density of silica aerogels. Moreover, aerogels synthesized in the presence of a magnetic field exhibit the alignment of the particles, forming needle-like structures along the direction of the applied magnetic field, which results in optical and magnetic anisotropies. Due to their unique combination of properties, these types of materials may be appealing for magneto-optics and magnetic actuator applications. |
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