Using neutron scattering experiments at the BER II research reactor, Manfred Reehuis and Michael Tovar were successful in determining the structural and
magnetic properties for each of the mixed crystal specimens over quite a wide temperature range, from near the zero point of the Kelvin temperature scale to above 900 K.
Not exact matches
It could eventually enable engineers and materials scientists to create parts with new functions and
properties by depositing various combinations of materials —
for example, printing out a
magnetic metal next to a nonmagnetic one.
Remember, the sun and moon have
magnetic properties as well, and they are not just
for light.
This new method
for fine tuning conductivity could lead to control over optical and
magnetic properties of components, with far - reaching applications.
Specifically,
for a
magnetic thin film deposited onto a transition metal oxide film, the
magnetic properties change dramatically as the oxide undergoes a structural phase transition.
These trapped
magnetic atoms are constantly rattling the bars of their cage, and this rattling seems to be responsible
for the material's exceptionally favourable
properties.
After correcting the logs
for errors in location, Gubbins compared the directions of captains» compass needles with the
magnetic properties of rocks from the same period, allowing him to construct a time line of movements in the
magnetic field.
All that extra mass creates internal pressures far exceeding terrestrial squeezing, with implications
for three life - critical planetary
properties: the maintenance of oceans, climatic «thermostats» and
magnetic fields.
The feat opens up new possibilities in silicon carbide because its nanoscale defects are a leading platform
for new technologies that seek to use quantum mechanical
properties for quantum information processing, sensing
magnetic and electric fields and temperature with nanoscale resolution, and secure communications using light.
The observation of an abnormal state of matter in a two - dimensional
magnetic material is the latest development in the race to harness novel electronic
properties for more robust and efficient next - generation devices.
An especially intriguing aspect of the new paper was that silicon carbide semiconductor defects have a natural affinity
for moving information between light and spin (a
magnetic property of electrons).
«They have very intriguing optical,
magnetic, and chemical
properties that could be interesting
for nanoscience, and possibly also
for nanotechnology.
Although they were named after an analogous
magnetic phenomenon — ferromagnetism — ferroelectrics were generally thought to not have
magnetic properties, which made me, a budding magnetism researcher, an apparently odd fit
for the laboratory.
«This provides another handle on how material
properties can be tuned or controlled
for practical applications in devices based on electrical and
magnetic properties.»
Again the Chinese knew as early of the 5th century of the attractive
properties and direction - seeking ability of the lodestone and how to make steel behave similarly, though the
magnetic compass was not used
for navigation until perhaps as late as the 10th century.
Coauthor of the study, Viktor Struzhkin at the Carnegie Institution
for Science, explained: «Our technique offers a powerful new tool
for analyzing and manipulating electrons to advance our understanding of high - pressure superconductivity, as well as
magnetic and electrical
properties.»
Published by the Condensed Matter research group at the Nordic Institute
for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, the Organic Materials Database is intended as a data mining resource
for research into the electric and
magnetic properties of crystals, which are primarily defined by their electronic band structure — an energy spectrum of electrons motion which stem from their quantum - mechanical
properties.
And earlier this year, researchers from Trinity College Dublin used the AFLOWlib database to predict 20 Heusler alloys, a class of magnets that can be used
for sensors or computer memories, and managed to synthesize two of them, confirming that their
magnetic properties are very close to the predictions (see go.nature.com/v7djio).
For example, he is using data from AFLOWlib to study why some alloys can form metallic glass — a peculiar form of metal with a disordered microscopic structure that gives it special electric and
magnetic properties.
Applications of this informatics - driven approach are wide - ranging and cover,
for example, the search
for various functional materials with special electrical, optical and
magnetic properties, including the 2016 Nobel Prize - winning topological states of matter — an important building block of a quantum computer.
For example, the enhanced magnetic properties of atomically thin 2D Fe could make them attractive for magnetic recording med
For example, the enhanced
magnetic properties of atomically thin 2D Fe could make them attractive
for magnetic recording med
for magnetic recording media.
Capture of all the transmitted electrons allows quantitative measurement of materials
properties, such as internal electric and
magnetic fields, which are important
for use of the materials in memory and electronics applications.
In this case, the solid material was a copper oxide, a member of the transition - metal oxide family of materials, which have wide - ranging applications
for their electronic,
magnetic and catalytic
properties.
Recently researchers found ways to use electron microscopes also
for measuring
magnetic properties.
Being able to determine
magnetic properties of materials with sub-nanometer precision would greatly simplify development of
magnetic nano - structures
for future spintronic devices.
An international research team has now studied this question
for the first time at ultra-high resolution on samples of magnetite, the mineral dominating the
magnetic properties in the earth's crust.
By using an atomic - resolution aberration - corrected (scanning) transmission electron microscope in combination with micromagnetic simulations the authors could reveal
for the first time the atomic structure of the single phases present and establish a direct correlation to the macroscopic
magnetic properties.
Chen's crystals might,
for example, be useful in the many engineering projects that need «smart fluids» that change their
properties when a
magnetic field is applied.
The technique could facilitate the use of nanoparticles
for optical, electrical, optoelectronic,
magnetic, catalysis and other applications in which tight control over size and structure is essential to obtaining desirable
properties.
But the research team discovered that co-doping with cobalt allowed them to substitute cerium
for dysprosium without losing desired
magnetic properties.
Ultracold atoms in the so - called optical lattices, that are generated by crosswise superposition of laser beams, have been proven to be one of the most promising tools
for simulating and understanding the behaviour of many - body systems such as solid crystals —
for example with respect to their electric or
magnetic properties.
The interesting electronic and
magnetic properties of this polymer will continue to be explored, with the aim of making highly
magnetic materials
for use in data storage applications, key to improving the performance of current computer technologies.
One unit is designed
for conventional MRI scans based on
magnetic properties of hydrogen atoms.
This last
property is of interest
for the development of new
magnetic memory devices, because the spin of the electron can be used to store and transfer information.
Many materials are known
for just one characteristic
magnetic or electrical
property, or
for having the ability to change shape, but multiferroics contain some combination of these attributes.
«Instead of searching
for new single - electron antiferromagnetic insulators like copper oxide to make high - temperature superconductors, maybe we should be searching
for new highly
magnetic, metallic materials that have
properties like iron but in an orbitally selective arrangement,» Davis said.
Removing or adding an atom can greatly change the structure and behavior of the clusters, which are of interest to scientists
for their potential to create materials with novel chemical,
magnetic or optical
properties.
This has large implications
for how the particle grew and its real - world
magnetic properties.
Electronic structure codes take atomic and chemical structure and solve
for the corresponding
magnetic properties.
A major step has been taken towards linking electrical and
magnetic material
properties, which is crucial
for possible applications in electronics.
Her further work on Nb6 and Ta6 clusters concerned halides compounds in which
for the first time a
magnetic network of 4f rare earths ions and a
magnetic network due to d electrons of the metal clusters were associated in a same compound giving
magnetic properties characteristics of the coexistence of these two sublatices.
Researchers at Argonne created tiny swirling vortices out of
magnetic particles, providing insight into the behavior that governs such systems — which opens up new opportunities
for materials and devices with new
properties.
Oxides have wide - ranging
properties, making them useful
for electronic and
magnetic technologies, as well as
for photocatalysts, which use light to speed up chemical reactions.
In the journal Angewandte Chemie («Ultralight Mesoporous
Magnetic Frameworks by Interfacial Assembly of Prussian Blue Nanocubes»), a team of Chinese and Australian researchers has now introduced a method
for the synthesis of ultralight three - dimensional (3D) iron oxide frameworks with two different types of nanoscopic pores and tunable surface
properties.
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I have sought the best empirical evidence to show how changes in incoming solar radiation, accounted
for by intrinsic solar
magnetic modulation of the irradiance output as well as planetary modulation of the seasonal distribution of sunlight, affects the thermal
properties of land and sea, including temperatures.
There was considerable study done on
magnetic properties of the cores, to a level that is beyond the usual concepts studied by geophysicists in mineral exploration, soncepts reserved
for the specialist geophysicists.