In this work, a systematic ab initio study of the influence of doping on electronic structure and local magnetic moments of ferromagnetic MnAs has been carried out. The majority of the considered substitution elements, potentially suitable for modification of MnAs as working material of magnetic refrigerators is shown to result in reduction of the ferromagnetic moment. But there are variants of anionic substitution (for example, substitution of As for S and Se) when the magnetic moment grows.
The standard theoretical understanding of the lattice thermal conductivity, $κ_{\ell}$, of semiconductor alloys assumes that mass disorder is the most important source of phonon scattering. In contrast, we show that the hitherto neglected contribution of force-constant (IFC) disorder is essential to accurately predict the $κ_{\ell}$ of those polar compounds characterized by a complex atomic-scale structure. We have developed an \emph{ab initio} method based on special quasirandom structures and Green's functions, and including the role of IFC disorder, and applied it in order to calculate the …
In this study, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) experiments for Ni45Co5Mn36.7In13.3 metamagnetic shape memory alloy were performed under high magnetic fields up to 12 T using a pulsed magnet. Field-induced reverse transformation to austenite phase caused considerable changes in the magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) signals and the magnetic moments of the ferromagnetic coupling between Mn, Ni, and Co were determined. The spin magnetic moment, Mspin, and orbital magnetic moment, Morb, of Mn atom in the induced austenite ferromagnetic phase, estimated based on the magneto-optical sum rule, wer…
Dynamic elastic properties and magnetic susceptibility across the austenite-martensite transformation in site-disordered ferromagnetic Ni-Fe-Al alloy
除了允许精确确定铁磁-顺磁相变温度和马氏体生长开始和结束的特征温度外(奥氏体)相以奥氏体为代价(马氏体)相同时冷却(加热),这是广泛的交流磁化率的结果,熔体淬火热弹性马氏体相变的声速和内耗研究(无序)Ni 55 Fe 20 Al 25合金的实验结果为以下结论提供了明确的实验依据。不可逆的热弹性变化(热滞后)发生在奥氏体相的预马氏体制度。在加热循环中,该系统保留了在冷却循环期间在马氏体-马氏体相共存区域中发生的马氏体相的起始和随后生长(以母体奥氏体相为代价)的“记忆”。我们在本文中报告并讨论了这些新的发现。
The magnetic state of low temperature martensite phase in Co-substituted Ni-Mn-Sn-based ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (FSMAs) has been investigated, in view of numerous conflicting reports of occurrences of spin glass (SG), superparamagnetism (SPM) or long range anti-ferromagnetic (AF) ordering. Combination of dc magnetization, ac susceptibility and small angle neutron scattering (SANS) studies provide a clear evidence for AF order in martensitic phase of Ni45Co5Mn38Sn12 alloy and rule out SPM and SG orders. Identical studies on another alloy of close composition of Ni44Co6Mn40Sn10 point t…
Ferromagnetic interactions and martensitic transformation in Fe doped Ni-Mn-In shape memory alloys
采用差示扫描量热法、磁化强度、电阻率、X射线衍射(XRD)和EXAFS研究了Fe掺杂的Ni-Mn-In磁性记忆合金的结构、磁性和马氏体性能。虽然Ni $_{2}$ Mn In $_{1-x}$ Fe $_{x}$($0 \le x \le 0.6$)合金是铁磁性的和非马氏体的,但是Ni $_{2}$ Mn $_{1.5} $ In $_{1-y}$ Fe $_{y}$和Ni $_{2}$ Mn $ _{1.6} $ In $_{1-y}$ Fe $_{y}$中的马氏体转变温度在较高Fe浓度急剧降低之前对于较低Fe浓度($y \le 0.05$)增加。XRD分析揭示了在室温下Ni $_{2}$ Mn In $_{1-x}$ Fe $_{x}$中存在立方和四方结构相,四方相含量随着Fe掺杂而增加。尽管这些Fe掺杂合金中Mn和Ni周围的局部结构与马氏体富锰Ni-Mn-In合金相似,但铁磁相互作用的存在和Fe诱导的结构无序会影响Mn-Ni-Mn反铁磁相互作用,从而抑制这些Fe掺杂合金中的马氏体转变。
In this work we studied the ferromagnetic resonance response of Co(x)Pd(1-x) alloy samples with different cobalt contents (x = 0.65, 0.39, 0.24 & 0.14). We found significant differences in the response of the samples to the presence of hydrogen gas in the samples' environment. Two particular films (with x=0.39 and 0.24) demonstrated behaviour which is promising for application in hydrogen gas sensing. Using the Co(39)Pd(61) alloy thin film, we were able to measure hydrogen gas concentration in a very broad range (from <0.1% to 100%) at a fixed value of the external magnetic field. Finally, we …
Magnetic frustration in ferromagnetic metallic systems is unusual due to the long-range and symmetric nature of the exchange interactions. In this work we prove that it is possible to obtain a highly frustrated ferromagnetic phase in a multi-sublattices cubic structure through a fine tuning of the magnetic interactions. This peculiar state is achieved in Ni-Mn-(In, Sn) Heusler alloys and results in the effective decoupling of their two intertwined ferromagnetic sublattices. One sublattice is ferromagnetic long range ordered below the macroscopic Curie temperature (TC ) whereas the second one r…
Spintronic applications, which rely on spin torques for operation, would greatly benefit from a non-collinear alignment between magnetizations of adjacent ferromagnetic layers for maximum performance and reliability. We demonstrate that such an alignment can be created and controlled by coupling two ferromagnetic layers across magnetic coupling layers. These coupling layers consist of a non-magnetic material, Ru, alloyed with ferromagnetic elements of Co or Fe. Changing the composition and thickness of the coupling layer enables control of the relative angle between the magnetizations of ferro…
Ferromagnetic resonance study of polycrystalline Fe_{1-x}V_x alloy thin films
利用铁磁共振技术研究了含$0\leq x < 0.7$的多晶Fe $_{1-x}$ V $_{x}$合金薄膜的磁性和磁化动力学。通过从单独的Fe和V靶共溅射产生膜,导致在Si衬底上的组成梯度。FMR研究进行了在室温下与宽带共面波导在频率高达50 GHz的倒装芯片的方法。确定了有效退磁场$4 πM_{\mathrm{eff}}$和Gilbert阻尼参数$α$随V浓度的变化关系。结果进行了比较外延的FeV膜。
Among the ferromagnetic binary alloys, body centered cubic (bcc) Fe-Co is the one showing the highest magnetization. It is known experimentally that ordered Fe-Co structures show a larger magnetization than the random solid solutions with the same Co content. In this work, based on density functional theory (DFT) studies, we aim at a quantitative prediction of this feature, and point out the role of the orbital magnetic moments. Then, we introduce a DFT-based analytical model correlating local magnetic moments and chemical compositions for Co concentrations ranging from 0 to 70 at.%. It is als…
A brief survey of experimental and theoretical studies of half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) and spin gapless semiconductors is given, the possible candidates being the X$_2$YZ (X = Mn, Fe, Co; Y = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni; Z = Al, Si, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Sb) Heusler alloys. The data on the electrical resistivity, normal and anomalous Hall Effect, and magnetic properties are presented. It is shown that the Co$_2$FeZ alloys demonstrate properties of conventional ferromagnets, the HMF properties being also manifested at the variation of the Z-component. The Fe$_2$YAl and Mn$_2$YAl alloys show at the…
We present small angle neutron scattering (SANS) data collected on polycrystalline Ni$_{1-x}$V$_x$ samples with $x\geq0.10$ with confirmed random atomic distribution. We aim to determine the relevant length scales of magnetic correlations in ferromagnetic samples with low critical temperatures $T_c$ that show signs of magnetic inhomogeneities in magnetization and $μ$SR data. The SANS study reveals signatures of long-range order and coexistence of short-range magnetic correlations in this randomly disordered ferromagnetic alloy. We show the advantages of a polarization analysis in identifying t…
Spin-mediated charge-to-heat current conversion phenomena, i.e., the anomalous Ettingshausen effect (AEE) and the anisotropic magneto-Peltier effect (AMPE), have been investigated in various ferromagnetic Ni-Fe, Ni-Pt, Ni-Pd, and Fe-Pt binary alloys at room temperature. When a charge current is applied to a ferromagnetic conductor, the AMPE modulates the Peltier coefficient depending on the angle between the directions of the charge current and magnetization, while the AEE generates a heat current in the direction perpendicular to both the charge current and magnetization. We observed the stro…