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Spin structure of nanocrystalline terbium
Weissmüller, J.; Michels, Andreas; Michels, D. et al.
2004In Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 69, p. 0544021-05440216
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Abstract :
[en] We present an experimental study of the magnetic microstructure in the nanocrystalline hard magnet Tb. Field-dependent small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) data are analyzed quantitatively in terms of the correlation function of the spin misalignment. We find that up to applied fields of several tesla the magnetization remains “locked in” to the basal planes of the hcp crystal lattice of each individual crystallite, but that the in-plane orientation of the spins is highly nonuniform within each grain. This spin disorder at the nanoscale can be suppressed by a large applied field, but in the remanent state the disorder reduces the magnetization to values considerably below the Stoner limit. In field-dependent SANS, the intragrain spin disorder gives rise to a crossover of the scattering curves, and to the unusual finding that the scattering cross section at small scattering vector increases with increasing magnetic field. As the origin of the internal spin disorder within the grains, we propose an extra magnetic anisotropy energy at small grain size, presumably due to microstrain, a suggestion which is supported by analysis of ac-susceptibility data in the paramagnetic state. Our finding of a reduced remanence at small grain size is contrary to the remanence enhancement that is observed in other nanocrystalline hard magnets. We also report an unusual logarithmic field dependence of the magnetization over wide ranges of the applied field and temperature.
Disciplines :
Physics
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2010-515
Author, co-author :
Weissmüller, J.
Michels, Andreas  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Michels, D.
Wiedenmann, A.
Krill III, C. E.
Sauer, H. M.
Birringer, R.
Language :
English
Title :
Spin structure of nanocrystalline terbium
Publication date :
2004
Journal title :
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
ISSN :
1550-235X
Publisher :
American Physical Society, Woodbury, United States - New York
Volume :
69
Pages :
0544021-05440216
Peer reviewed :
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