Influences of divalent ion substitution on the magnetic and dielectric properties of W-type barium ferrite

Saturation magnetization,magneto-crystalline anisotropy field,and dielectric properties are closely related to microwave devices applied at different frequencies.For regulating the magnetic and dielectric properties of W-type barium ferrites,single-phase BaMe_(2)Fe_(16)O_(27)(Me=Fe,Mn,Zn,Ni,Co) with different Me ions were synthesized by the high-temperature solid-state method.The saturation magnetization(Ms) range from 47.77 emu/g to 95.34 emu/g and the magnetic anisotropy field(H_a) range from 10700.60 Oe(1 Oe=79.5775 A·m^(-1)) to 13739.57 Oe,depending on the type of cation substitution in the hexagonal lattice.The dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss decrease with increasing frequency of the AC electric field in the low-frequency region,while they almost remain constant in the high-frequency region.The charac teristics of easy regulation and preparation make it a potential candidate for use in microwave device applications.

Giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er_(1-x)Tm_(x)Al_(2)(0≤x≤1)compounds

Magnetocaloric material is the key working substance for magnetic refrigerant technology,for which the low-field and low-temperature magnetocaloric effect(MCE)performance is of great importance for practical applications at low temperatures.Here,a giant low-field magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically ordered Er_(1-x)Tm_(x)Al_(2)(0≤x≤1)compounds was reported,and the magnetic structure was characterized based on low-temperature neutron powder diffraction.With increasing Tm content from 0 to 1,the Curie temperature of Er_(1-x)Tm_(x)Al_(2)(0≤x≤1)compounds decreases from 16.0 K to 3.6 K.For Er_(0.7)Tm_(0.3)Al_(2) compound,it showed the largest low-field magnetic entropy change(–SM)with the peak value of 17.2 and 25.7 J/(kg K)for 0–1 T and 0–2 T,respectively.The(–SM)max up to 17.2 J/(kg K)of Er0.7Tm0.3Al2 compound for 0–1 T is the largest among the intermetallic magnetocaloric materials ever reported at temperatures below 20 K.The peak value of adiabatic temperature change(Tad)max was determined as 4.13 K and 6.87 K for 0–1 T and 0–2 T,respectively.The characteristic of second-order magnetic transitions was confirmed on basis of Arrott plots,the quantitative criterion of exponent n,rescaled universal curves,and the mean-field theory criterion.The outstanding low-field MCE performance with low working temperatures indicates that Er_(1-x)Tm_(x)Al_(2)(0≤x≤1)compounds are promising candidates for magnetic cooling materials at liquid hydrogen and liquid helium temperatures.

Classification and Prediction of Skyrmion Material Based on Machine Learning

The discovery and study of skyrmion materials play an important role in basic frontier physics research and future information technology.The database of 196 materials,including 64 skyrmions,was established and predicted based on machine learning.A variety of intrinsic features are classified to optimize the model,and more than a dozen methods had been used to estimate the existence of skyrmion in magnetic materials,such as support vector machines,k-nearest neighbor,and ensembles of trees.It is found that magnetic materials can be more accurately divided into skyrmion and non-skyrmion classes by using the classification of electronic layer.Note that the rare earths are the key elements affecting the production of skyrmion.The accuracy and reliability of random undersampling bagged trees were 87.5%and 0.89,respectively,which have the potential to build a reliable machine learning model from small data.The existence of skyrmions in LaBaMnO is predicted by the trained model and verified by micromagnetic theory and experiments.

Successive inverse and normal magnetocaloric effects in the Mn-vacancy compound Mn0.95Co0.75Cu0.25Ge

Ferromagnetic-structural transformation has been studied widely in MnCoGe-based materials. However, the magnetostructural transition(MST) from antiferromagnetic(AFM) orthorhombic phase to ferromagnetic(FM) hexagonal phase, which may lead to a large inverse magnetocaloric effect(MCE), has rarely been reported. Here, the introduction of Mn vacancy lowers the structural transition temperature while retains the AFM state in the orthorhombic phase, thus successfully realizing the AFM-FM MST in Mn0.95Co0.75Cu0.25Ge. Moreover, successive inverse and normal MCEs are observed around the first-order AFM-FM MST and the second-order FM-paramagnetic(PM) transition, respectively. A thermostat is proposed based on this special feature, which could release heat above the critical temperature while absorb heat below the critical temperature by simply applying the same magnetization/demagnetization cycles. This thermostat can be very useful in many applications where a constant temperature is required, such as cryostats and incubators.

可控氧化方法制备的锰氧化物中隐藏的金属-绝缘体转变研究（英文）

氧在调节复杂氧化物中的相结构和功能方面扮演着重要的角色,比如高温超导体、庞磁电阻、催化等,人们急需在这些功能氧化物中实现有效且可控的氧含量调控.在此工作中我们通过改变气体氛围温度来精确的调控氧化活性,从而实现一种新的化学辅助的高质量外延薄膜的制备方法.以钙钛矿锰氧化物La_(0.5)Sr_(0.5)MnO_3(LSMO)为例,通过调控薄膜样品中氧的化学计量比,我们首次发现了该体系中隐藏的由相竞争产生的金属-绝缘体转变.氧组分引起的Mn离子间的交换相互作用以及载流子浓度的变化可能是此相转变产生的原因,这与第一性原理计算十分符合.不同于传统的阳离子掺杂,有效的阴离子(O^(2-), S^(2-)等)调节提供了一种新的实现复杂氧化物外延薄膜中调控相结构和功能的技术手段.