Spinodal decomposition of Fe-Cu nanocrystals: Control of atomic-magnetic-moment and magnetic properties
Experimental results corresponding to the saturation magnetization and coercive field during the decomposition, upon annealing, of bcc and fcc Fe_xCu_(1-x), obtained by mechanical alloying are reported. The overall behavior points out that the decomposition takes place in two steps: (i) at low tempe...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1994 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60120 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60120 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 538.9 Fexcu100-X solid-solutions Immiscible elements Física de materiales Física del estado sólido 2211 Física del Estado Sólido |
| Sumario: | Experimental results corresponding to the saturation magnetization and coercive field during the decomposition, upon annealing, of bcc and fcc Fe_xCu_(1-x), obtained by mechanical alloying are reported. The overall behavior points out that the decomposition takes place in two steps: (i) at low temperatures a decrease of the saturation magnetic moment as well as an anomalous thermal dependence of coercive field are observed, however, no phase transformation is detected, and (ii) for further annealing temperatures a new phase appears; the magnetization tends to increase and the coercive field abruptly increases. The analysis of the results leads us to conclude that the first step corresponds to a spinodal decomposition. Fluctuations in the local composition give rise to coexistence of adjacent regions with Curie temperature varying continuously in a range of 1000 K across distances of a few nanometers, thus allowing the tailoring of the magnetic nanostructures. |
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