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Approaching Ferrite-Based Exchange-Coupled Nanocomposites as Permanent Magnets.

ABSTRACT: During the past decade, CoFe₂O₄ (hard)/Co-Fe alloy (soft) magnetic nanocomposites have been routinely prepared by partial reduction of CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles. Monoxide (i.e., FeO or CoO) has often been detected as a byproduct of the reduction, although it remains unclear whether the formation of this phase occurs during the reduction itself or at a later stage. Here, a novel reaction cell was designed to monitor the reduction in situ using synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). Sequential Rietveld refinements of the in situ data yielded time-resolved information on the sample composition and confirmed that the monoxide is generated as an intermediate phase. The macroscopic magnetic properties of samples at different reduction stages were measured by means of vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), revealing a magnetic softening with increasing soft phase content, which was too pronounced to be exclusively explained by the introduction of soft material in the system. The elemental compositions of the constituent phases were obtained from joint Rietveld refinements of ex situ high-resolution PXRD and neutron powder diffraction (NPD) data. It was found that the alloy has a tendency to emerge in a Co-rich form, inducing a Co deficiency on the remaining spinel phase, which can explain the early softening of the magnetic material.

SUBMITTER: Granados-Miralles C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6066756 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Approaching Ferrite-Based Exchange-Coupled Nanocomposites as Permanent Magnets.

Granados-Miralles Cecilia C Saura-Múzquiz Matilde M Andersen Henrik L HL Quesada Adrián A Ahlburg Jakob V JV Dippel Ann-Christin AC Canévet Emmanuel E Christensen Mogens M

ACS applied nano materials 20180628 7

During the past decade, CoFe2O4 (hard)/Co-Fe alloy (soft) magnetic nanocomposites have been routinely prepared by partial reduction of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles. Monoxide (i.e., FeO or CoO) has often been detected as a byproduct of the reduction, although it remains unclear whether the formation of this phase occurs during the reduction itself or at a later stage. Here, a novel reaction cell was designed to monitor the reduction in situ using synchr ...[more]

PMID: 30087953

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