Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00363-3
P Rizzi , M Baricco , G Riontino , L Battezzati
{"title":"A nanocrystalline fcc phase via devitrification of a Ni36Fe32Ta7Si8B17 amorphous alloy","authors":"P Rizzi , M Baricco , G Riontino , L Battezzati","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00363-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00363-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Various multicomponent alloys containing Ni-Fe-Si-B and refractory metals have been rapidly solidifed in order to check their tendency to produce glassy phases and their devitrification behaviour has been studied. Among these a Ni</span><sub>36</sub>Fe<sub>32</sub>Ta<sub>7</sub>Si<sub>8</sub>B<sub>17</sub><span><span> alloy presents primary crystallization with production of fcc nanocrystals embedded in the glassy matrix. The kinetics of the transformation is determined at 530 °C showing that it consists in two steps: fast nucleation and growth of nanocrystals plus homogenization of the remaining matrix with crystal coarsening. Evidence based on TEM observations, XRD patterns and </span>DSC experiments, are reported in favour of a homogeneous mechanism of nucleation. Faceting of nanocrystals is observed for the first time in such transformations and is attributed to a stress effect on the particles.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 747-755"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00363-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81727260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00364-5
P Allia , M Coisson , P Tiberto , F Vinai
{"title":"Hysteretic magnetisation curves in the granular Cu100-xCox system","authors":"P Allia , M Coisson , P Tiberto , F Vinai","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00364-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00364-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The magnetic hysteresis properties of granular Cu</span><sub>100-x</sub>Co<sub>x</sub> alloys (x = 5 to 20) containing nanometric Co particles, prepared under different quenching conditions and submitted to various anneals, have been measured at room temperature. Major loops (vertex field 1 × 10<sup>4</sup> Oe) and minor loops (vertex field between 1 × 10<sup>2</sup> and 9 × 10<sup>3</sup><span> Oe) were measured by vibrating-sample magnetometry. The features of major loops were analysed in terms of sample composition and structural state; the dependence of remanence and coercivity of minor loops on vertex field has been analysed in detail. A novel graphical representation method, particularly suitable for describing the details of the narrow hysteresis loops observed in granular systems has been proposed and checked.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 757-767"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00364-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85459253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00367-0
A Hernando , A González , C Ballesteros , A Zern , D Fiorani , F Lucari , F D’Orazio
{"title":"Magnetic behaviour during the first crystallisation stages in Co-B amorphous alloys: a test of the exchange penetration through interfaces","authors":"A Hernando , A González , C Ballesteros , A Zern , D Fiorani , F Lucari , F D’Orazio","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00367-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00367-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two amorphous compositions of the Co-B system, which present quite different magnetic behaviour, have been studied in the as-cast state and after low temperature annealings. The Co<sub>80</sub>B<sub>20</sub><span><span> amorphous alloy submitted to thermal treatments undergoes a primary crystallisation which transforms the material into a </span>two phase system composed of nanocrystals of cobalt embedded in a Co-B amorphous matrix. The role of the cobalt grains on the magnetisation processes and the coercive field is analysed for temperature ranging from 77 to 300 K. It is found that the hardening effect of the grains diminishes on increasing the temperature. The large crystalline anisotropy of the Co grains as well as the magnetic state of the grain boundary which transmits the exchange interaction, are mainly responsible for the observed behaviour.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 783-788"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00367-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89813967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00372-4
G. Valdrè , D. Zacchini , R. Berti , A. Costa , A. Alessandrini , P. Zucchetti , U. Valdrè
{"title":"Nitrogen sorption tests, SEM-windowless EDS and XRD analysis of mechanically alloyed nanocrystalline getter materials","authors":"G. Valdrè , D. Zacchini , R. Berti , A. Costa , A. Alessandrini , P. Zucchetti , U. Valdrè","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00372-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00372-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Gas absorbing materials (getters) find several applications in modern vacuum technology; in particular to maintain required vacuum levels in evacuated and sealed enclosures. The gas absorbing properties of these getters depend on the physico-chemical nature of their surfaces. The aim of this work is to study the absorption properties of commercial Zr-based alloys (non-evaporable getters) after mechanical alloying by means of a high vacuum planetary ball milling equipped with an </span><em>in-situ</em><span> compaction facility. The main aim was to refine the grain size and to develop particular defect structures to enhance the getter properties. The results have shown an improvement of the specific pumping speed of the ball milled commercial Zr-Zr(V,Fe)</span><sub>2</sub> alloy with respect to the starting microcrystalline material. In particular, under our experimental conditions, the specific pumping speed <em>vs</em> absorbed gas curve presents a maximum after 2 hours of milling; prolonged milling reduced the pumping speed of the alloyed material. This behaviour is explained in terms of two opposing simultaneous chemical and structural effects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 821-829"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00372-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87496345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00357-8
X. Amils , J. Nogués , S. Suriñach , J.S. Muñoz , L. Lutterotti , S. Gialanella , M.D. Baró
{"title":"Structural, mechanical and magnetic properties of nanostructured FeAl alloys during disordering and thermal recovery","authors":"X. Amils , J. Nogués , S. Suriñach , J.S. Muñoz , L. Lutterotti , S. Gialanella , M.D. Baró","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00357-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00357-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The microstructural, mechanical and magnetic properties<span><span> of the ball milled and annealed Fe-40Al at% B2 alloys have been studied. The disordering process is characterized by an alloy hardening and a para-ferromagnetic transition, which depend mainly on the grain refinement and the creation of antisite defects. The reordering process shows a continuous softening of the </span>nanocrystalline alloy and the recovery of the paramagnetic state, which is essentially governed by the annihilation of antisite defects. The correlation between the microstructural, mechanical and magnetic properties make magnetic measurements a suitable, non-destructive, tool to study the microstructural and mechanical state of FeAl nanocrystalline alloys.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 689-695"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00357-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76098533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transmission electron microscopy investigation of SnO2 thin films for sensor devices","authors":"A.M Serventi , D.G Rickerby , M.C Horrillo , R.G Saint-Jacques , J Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00371-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00371-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span>Tin oxide thin films, deposited on alumina or silicon, are commonly employed as sensors of pollutant gases in the atmosphere. The response of these materials in gas sensing applications depends on the microstructural and morphological characteristics of the film, which are dependent on the specific production process and deposition conditions. Sensor sensitivity and </span>selectivity can be improved by doping the oxide layer with small quantities of Pt. Tin oxide films were deposited on </span>polycrystalline alumina substrates by reactive r.f. </span>magnetron sputtering<span> at different values of the substrate temperature during the process. Transmission electron microscopy was employed to investigate the microstructure of the samples, before and after Pt doping. The TEM results are discussed in relation to the behavior of the films in sensing applications.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 813-819"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00371-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78117603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00366-9
M Carbucicchio , C Grazzi , M Rateo , G Ruggiero , G Turilli
{"title":"Microstructure and magnetic properties of iron-aluminum multilayers","authors":"M Carbucicchio , C Grazzi , M Rateo , G Ruggiero , G Turilli","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00366-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00366-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Thin film multilayers, constituted by ten Fe/Al bilayers with Fe thickness in the range 15 ÷ 30 Å and constant Al thickness of 20 Å, have been obtained by electron beam evaporation in </span>ultra high vacuum<span><span>. Sample characterization was performed using transmission electron microscopy, surface </span>Mössbauer spectroscopy and alternating gradient force magnetometry. For iron thickness ≥ 20 Å the periodicity of multilayers is maintained, while for 15 Å the periodicity is almost completely lost and fine particles showing a superparamagnetic behavior begin to form. In all samples the magnetization is laying in the film plane, and, moreover, it shows an easy and hard direction at 90°. The magnetic behavior is typical of poly-domain systems.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 775-782"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00366-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77290182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00360-8
H. Brequel , J. Parmentier , G.D. Sorar , L. Schiffini , S. Enzo
{"title":"Study of the phase separation in amorphous silicon oxycarbide glasses under heat treatment","authors":"H. Brequel , J. Parmentier , G.D. Sorar , L. Schiffini , S. Enzo","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00360-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00360-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The structural evolution of three silicon oxycarbide glasses was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) as a function of the pyrolysis temperature. Three compositions were prepared by the sol-gel method and pyrolysed at 1000°C under atmosphere of Ar. The black glasses obtained correspond respectively to i) silicon oxycarbide network with excess of C, ii) stoichiometric SiC</span><sub>x</sub>O<sub>2(1-x)</sub> where x = 0.3, and iii) silicon oxycarbide network with deficiency of C, i.e. with excess of Si. At this stage of the treatment, the samples are made up of a single and amorphous phase. A phase separation occurs after further pyrolysis in the high temperature range 1200–1500°C, leading to the formation of nanocrystalline β-SiC and amorphous SiO<sub>2</sub>. We used a cubic silica structure factor to model the component due to amorphous silica. This enabled us to apply the Rietveld method to all patterns and to obtain a satisfactory fit of the experimental data. From these refinements, the amount of each phase (crystalline or amorphous) can be determined, based on the assumption that the electron density of the model agrees with the actual amorphous phase. A comparison is also made with results from chemical analysis and <sup>29</sup><span>Si Magic Angle Spinning NMR found in the litterature. Concerning the crystalline component β-SiC, its average crystallite size and microstrain were also evaluated. The evolution of the phase separation was then reported versus the pyrolysis temperature and seems to suggest a nucleation-and-growth mechanism.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 721-731"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00360-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75757311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00362-1
Paolo M. Ossi , Rosanna Pastorelli
{"title":"Metastable phase nucleation in irradiated metallic alloys","authors":"Paolo M. Ossi , Rosanna Pastorelli","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00362-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00362-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Phase nucleation in irradiated metallic alloys is studied by the atomistic Segregation-Charge Transfer (SCT) model, taking into account that when bombardment conditions favour the development of dense collision cascades the system explores kinetic and thermodynamic regions conventionally not accessible. Locally non-equilibrium compositional and charge density profiles evolve at the interface between a cascade and the crystalline matrix, driven by the interface enrichment of one of the film constituents. Charge relaxation to (meta)stable equilibrium is simulated by Charge Transfer Reactions (CTR), each involving a couple of dissimilar atoms of the initial alloy. Both the amount of energy needed in a single CTR and the local strain undergone by the target as a consequence of ion formation are calculated. Considering a set of nineteen alloys which are reported to be amorphized and seventeen ones which remain crystalline under ion bombardment, for both structure stability parameters threshold values are found, which allow to separate crystalline from vitrified alloys.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 739-745"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00362-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85713952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanostructured MaterialsPub Date : 1999-09-01Epub Date: 2000-01-20DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00359-1
E. Bonetti , E.G. Campari , L. Del Bianco , L. Pasquini , E. Sampaolesi
{"title":"Mechanical behaviour of nanocrystalline iron and nickel in the quasi-static and low frequency anelastic regime","authors":"E. Bonetti , E.G. Campari , L. Del Bianco , L. Pasquini , E. Sampaolesi","doi":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00359-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00359-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>In this research, we made use of mechanical spectroscopy to study the anelastic behaviour of nanocrystalline Fe and Ni in quasi-static, low-frequency (0.01–10 Hz) regime. The elastic energy dissipation coefficient (Q</span><sup>−1</sup><span>) and the stress relaxation have been measured as a function of frequency and temperature, in a range of temperatures where appreciable grain growth is not expected to occur. The use of such low frequency probes puts into evidence a very strong change in the material response, induced by low temperature annealing (T < 200 °C). In spite of the fact that the grain size was nearly the same after the annealing treatment, the as-prepared samples displayed much higher Q</span><sup>−1</sup><span> values and faster rates of stress relaxation than the annealed samples. The anelastic spectrum of annealed specimens has been analysed by a combination of quasi-static and dynamic measurements. The results of this study are discussed in terms of typical activation energies reported for lattice and grain boundary diffusion in coarse-grained polycrystalline and nanocrystalline metals.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":18878,"journal":{"name":"Nanostructured Materials","volume":"11 6","pages":"Pages 709-720"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0965-9773(99)00359-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85903531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}