SmNi4B: A narrow domain-wall ferromagnet
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SmNi4B: A narrow domain-wall ferromagnet
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MAZUMDAR, C
NAGARAJAN, R GUPTA, LC PADALIA, BD VIJAYARAGHAVAN, R |
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magnetic-properties
rare-earth metal superconductivity |
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Description |
We have investigated magnetic properties of SmNi4B. The material undergoes a ferromagnetic ordering at T(C)approximate to 39 K, which, surprisingly, is higher than that of isostructural GdNi4B (approximate to 36 K). The saturation magnetic moment is rather small (0.15 mu(B) per Sm at 5 K), suggesting the presence of crystal-field effects. Below T-C, the material exhibits a large thermomagnetic irreversibility and also a large magnetic hysteresis at 5 K with a coercive field approximate to 28 kOe, which is one of the largest observed in a Sm-based material. We suggest that the large coercive field is intrinsic, associated with narrow domain walls of thickness of only one atomic layer, which resembles a ferroelectric wall. (C) 2000 [S0003-6951(00)04229-7].
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AMER INST PHYSICS
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2011-07-16T14:44:29Z
2011-12-26T12:49:49Z 2011-12-27T05:35:33Z 2011-07-16T14:44:29Z 2011-12-26T12:49:49Z 2011-12-27T05:35:33Z 2000 |
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Article
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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 77(6), 895-897
0003-6951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1306294 http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/4455 http://hdl.handle.net/10054/4455 |
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en
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