{"title":"Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of NiCo2O4 with high-performance electromagnetic wave absorption","authors":"Yujin Duan , Zijun Xie , Miaomiao Du , Xianting Feng , Qing Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite the prosperous development in synthesis methods and electromagnetic wave absorption performance of NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, the green and rapid synthesis process of high-performance NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> with large-scale production is still lack so far. Herein, a microwave-assisted rapid synthesis method was proposed for the first time to harvest NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, which shortened the preparation time of precursor to 90 s and significantly improved the production efficiency. The type of metal salts and cosolvents were optimized to explore the dominant loss mechanism and improve the electromagnetic wave absorption performance of NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>. The best performance appears in the sample resulting from acetates and ethanol (A-Et), with an effective absorption bandwidth of 6.24 GHz (1.9 mm), and minimum reflection loss of −40.40 dB (5.24 GHz, 3.0 mm). The existence of oxygen vacancy and lattice defect dominate the electromagnetic wave loss mechanism of A-Et. This study provides a new insight for the rapid green synthesis of high-performance NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kosuke Komuro , Hugo Nicolas , Bernard Dieny , Daiki Oshima , Takeshi. Kato , Ricardo C. Sousa
{"title":"Noise characterization of STT-based Nanoscale magnetic tunnel junction magnetic sensors","authors":"Kosuke Komuro , Hugo Nicolas , Bernard Dieny , Daiki Oshima , Takeshi. Kato , Ricardo C. Sousa","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173215","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173215","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recently, the trend towards electrification has led to the widespread use of magnetic sensors in various applications. Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)-based magnetic sensors exhibiting very high sensitivity, compactness, and small dimensions could offer significant advantages over existing technologies such as conventional Hall effect sensors. New sensor concepts have been explored such as spin transfer torque (STT)-based MTJ magnetic sensors which have the potential to enable magnetic field detection with fine spatial resolutions of 50 to 100 nm and micro-Tesla resolution. This paper analyzes and describes the noise characteristics of STT-based MTJ sensors. Calculations and experimental results demonstrate that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the STT-based MTJ sensor is proportional to the square of the thermal stability factor, which is the ratio of the energy barrier of magnetization reversal and the thermal energy. This finding opens the way for future advances through predictive modelling of the sensing element and a deeper understanding of the noise sources in the proposed device.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qi Li , Zhangqiao Zhou , Yan Nie , Lu Yang , Yu Wang , Jinsong Chen , Xian Wang
{"title":"Improved properties of Fe-Ni-Mo soft magnetic composites via particle surface modification","authors":"Qi Li , Zhangqiao Zhou , Yan Nie , Lu Yang , Yu Wang , Jinsong Chen , Xian Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173220","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The preparation of soft magnetic composites requires effective surface modification of alloy powder to enhance insulating properties and achieve dense, uniform coating layers. Firstly, the gas-atomized Fe-Ni-Mo powder was surface modified using the atomic layer deposition method, forming a uniform and dense Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> insulating layer. The secondary surface modification of organic polymers further improves the properties of soft magnetic composites. This study systematically evaluates the effects of the primary and secondary surface modification on the properties of powder particles and soft magnetic composites. The primary modification generates an extremely thin insulating layer of approximately 2.5 nm, which increases the particle resistivity by 9 orders of magnitude. The permeability frequency stability of the soft magnetic composites increased from 11.3 % to 96.5 %, resulting in significant core loss reduction. The secondary modification effectively enhances the formability of soft magnetic composites. Optimal permeability of 242.7 at 1 kHz is achieved, maintaining 95.2 % frequency stability up to 1 MHz, while core loss remains below 570 mW cm<sup>−3</sup> under 100 kHz/100 mT conditions. The surface treatment method in this work can provide a reference for the surface insulation modification of soft magnetic composites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dushyant Singh , Shivesh Yadav , Krista R. Khiangte
{"title":"Viable scaling mechanism ensuing anomalous Hall effect in Si/Ni multilayers from 2 K-300 K","authors":"Dushyant Singh , Shivesh Yadav , Krista R. Khiangte","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173222","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173222","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A systematic study of the scaling mechanisms driving the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in Si/Ni multilayers was conducted from 2 K to 300 K on <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>[</mo><mi>S</mi><mi>i</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>40</mn><mi>Å</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>/</mo><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mi>Å</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>]</mo></mrow><mn>20</mn></msub></math></span> multilayers. Structural analysis revealed polycrystalline Ni layers and amorphous Si layers. As <span><math><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> decreased, Ni nanocrystallite size reduced, while the surface-to-volume ratio and Si/Ni interface roughness increased. Multilayers with <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≥</mo><mn>40</mn><mi>Å</mi></mrow></math></span> exhibited ferromagnetic behavior, while those with <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo><</mo><mn>40</mn><mi>Å</mi></mrow></math></span> were superparamagnetic. Decreasing <span><math><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> also increased longitudinal resistivity due to enhanced interface roughness, higher surface-to-volume ratio, and increased tunneling between Ni nanocrystallites. AHE studies showed that Hall resistance peaked with decreasing <span><math><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> but declined for <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>t</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo><</mo><mn>40</mn><mi>Å</mi></mrow></math></span>, due to superparamagnetism. Skew scattering dominated Hall resistance enhancement at all temperatures, but as the temperature increased from 2 K to 300 K, a transition from skew scattering to the side-jump mechanism was observed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173222"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144178806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiang Zhai , Fan Bu , Yuhao Cheng , Jiaqi Zhang , Yixuan He
{"title":"A strategy for improving inherent brittleness without significantly sacrificing the magnetocaloric effect in a Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler alloy","authors":"Qiang Zhai , Fan Bu , Yuhao Cheng , Jiaqi Zhang , Yixuan He","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173246","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173246","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The eutectic design, a prevalent strategy for enhancing mechanical properties, aims to address the poor workability caused by the high brittleness of L2<sub>1</sub> intermetallic phase in Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler alloy as a promising material for solid-state refrigeration. In this study, a eutectic composition of Ni<sub>48</sub>Co<sub>10</sub>Mn<sub>32</sub>Sn<sub>10</sub> with a fully L2<sub>1</sub>/γ lamellar structure significantly improves mechanical properties, reaching 1950 MPa fracture strength and 20.5 % ductility. However, the desired magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is completely inhibited due to a strong Kurdyumov and Sachs orientation relationship (K-S OR) between eutectic phases. To overcome these challenges, a solution to precipitate primary L2<sub>1</sub> phase is proposed. This approach breaks the K-S OR by promoting epitaxial growth of the L2<sub>1</sub> eutectic phase on the primary L2<sub>1</sub> phase. Consequently, the hypoeutectic Ni<sub>48</sub>Co<sub>8</sub>Mn<sub>34</sub>Sn<sub>10</sub> composition achieves an excellent balance between MCE and mechanical properties, with a maximum magnetic entropy change of 10.13 J kg<sup>−1</sup> K<sup>−1</sup> under 5 T magnetic field, 1894 MPa fracture strength, and 18.4 % ductility. Our strategy overcomes inherent brittleness without significantly sacrificing the magnetocaloric effect within Ni-Mn-Sn alloys. This study is pivotal for optimizing the structural design and properties of Ni-Mn based Heusler alloys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173246"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classification of magnetic behavior in annealed rapid-quenched (Sm0.8Zr0.2)1.1(Fe0.9Co0.1)11.3Ti0.7 magnet powders using the stepwise measurement of the remanent magnetization","authors":"K. Kobayashi, T. Kuno, H. Fujiwara","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173242","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173242","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>(Sm<sub>0.8</sub>Zr<sub>0.2</sub>)<sub>1.1</sub>(Fe<sub>0.9</sub>Co<sub>0.1</sub>)<sub>11.3</sub>Ti<sub>0.7</sub> amorphous starting compound was annealed at typical temperatures of 750, 850, and 950 °C for 30 min. The obtained samples were magnetically isotropic. The highest coercivity (<em>H</em><sub>c</sub>) of 413 kA/m was found in the 850 °C/30 min sample, in which <em>J</em><sub>s</sub> = 1.43 T and <em>H</em><sub>a</sub> = 5.93 MA/m, whereas that in the 950 °C/30 min sample, in which <em>J</em><sub>s</sub> = 1.47 T and <em>H</em><sub>a</sub> = 9.21 MA/m, <em>H</em><sub>c</sub> was 246 kA/m. The obvious character of the latter sample was a multi-domain structure (MDS) in a thermally demagnetized state as observed by magneto-force microscopy, whereas a single-domain like structure (SDLS) was observed in the former and in the 750 °C/30 min (<em>H</em><sub>a</sub> = 4.41 MA/m and <em>H</em><sub>c</sub> = 216 kA/m) samples. Since we hypothesized that lower <em>H</em><sub>c</sub> in the higher <em>H</em><sub>a</sub> 950 °C/30 min sample originated from domain wall motion in the MDS, we attempted to determine the volume fraction of the MDS region in the sample. Using the modified step method for magnetically isotropic samples, we detected about 50 vol% of the MDS region in the 950 °C/30 min sample, compared with about 20 vol% in the other two samples.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144220855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of Ni2+ substitution by Mn2+ on the initial magnetic permeability and curie temperature in solid solutions of Mn1-xNixFe2O4","authors":"N.A. Cherkasova , V.E. Zhivulin , D.S. Afanasyev , G.M. Zirnik , D.A. Uchaev , S.A. Gudkova , D.A. Vinnik","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173223","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173223","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The paper presents the results of a study of ceramic samples Mn<sub>1-x</sub>Ni<sub>x</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, obtained by solid state sintering at 1200 °C with subsequent quenching. The temperature dependence of the real and imaginary parts of magnetic permeability was measured. It has been shown that nickel substitution result in an increase of a Curie temperature. The temperature dependence of the magnetic permeability and heat capacity was compared. Two exothermic peaks were found on the temperature dependence of heat capacity. It is shown that one of the peaks corresponds to a magnetic phase transition. Based on high-temperature X-ray diffraction data, it has been suggested that the second peak correspond to the rearrangement of the ferrite crystal lattice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"629 ","pages":"Article 173223"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144194568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Yan , Naikun Sun , Xinguo Zhao , Haoyu Wang , Bing Li , Juan Cheng , Jiaohong Huang , Fuchun Chang , Yingwei Song
{"title":"Novel graphite-coated La(Fe, Si)13Hy plates for magnetocaloric cooling","authors":"Zhen Yan , Naikun Sun , Xinguo Zhao , Haoyu Wang , Bing Li , Juan Cheng , Jiaohong Huang , Fuchun Chang , Yingwei Song","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173219","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173219","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>La(Fe, Si)<sub>13</sub> hydrides suffer from intrinsically poor mechanical, anti-corrosive and thermally conductive properties, which impede their implementation as efficient regenerators. The current improvement strategies are faced with difficult trade-offs among these properties. In this work, we developed a facile chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method for low-temperature in-situ deposition of a thin graphitic layer of ∼ 200 nm on La<sub>0.8</sub>Ce<sub>0.2</sub>Fe<sub>x</sub>Mn<sub>0.215</sub>Si<sub>1.3</sub> plates of 0.5–1 mm thickness by evaporating polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer as a solid carbon source. These plates could be machined directly from their casting ingot due to the mechanical property enhancement from ∼ 3–6 wt% α-Fe. Favorably, these graphite-coated plates could be successfully fully hydrogenated at atmospheric pressure for room-temperature application. The ∼ 0.03 wt% graphite coating could endow the composites with striking anti-corrosive properties with the sum of the film resistance and the charge transfer resistance increasing from 105 (for the graphite-free hydride) to 11298 Ω·cm<sup>2</sup> by more than two orders of magnitude. Moreover, these graphite composites exhibit large room-temperature magnetic entropy change Δ<em>S</em><sub>M</sub> of 8.7 J/kg•K in 0–1.5 T and high thermal conductivity λ of 7.9–8.6 W/Km compared with the corresponding values of 3.5 J/kg•K and 9.5 W/Km for the prototype room-temperature magnetocaloric material Gd. The intriguing functionality of the graphite coating may advance the practical application of La(Fe, Si)<sub>13</sub>-based materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"628 ","pages":"Article 173219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical simulation of nonequilibrium critical behavior of the weakly disordered three-spin-state Potts model","authors":"Borodikhin V.N.","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The behavior of a weakly disordered three-dimensional Potts model with the number of spin states q = 3 was studied and a spin concentration of 0.95 for the first time using the short-time dynamics method. The critical temperature value has been refined. The dynamic index <span><math><mi>z</mi></math></span> and the critical index <span><math><mi>ν</mi></math></span> have been calculated taking into account corrections to scaling. It is shown that at a given low concentration of impurities in the system, a second-order phase transition is realized, in contrast to the homogeneous Potts model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"628 ","pages":"Article 173174"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Co2+ doped zinc manganese ferrite nanoparticles for magnetic induction hyperthermia","authors":"Suwanan Thammarong , Xiaogang Yu , Peinan Yin , Renpeng Yang , Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cobalt-zinc-manganese ferrite nanoparticles with the composition CoxZn<sub>0.8-x</sub>Mn<sub>0.2</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) were prepared by the co-precipitation method. The elemental composition, crystal structure, particle size, and magnetic properties were investigated using ICP, XRD, FTIR, TEM, and VSM techniques. The synthesized nanoparticles were subjected to magnetic induction heating measurements to evaluate potential for magnetic induction hyperthermia. The temperature of the Co<sub>0.2</sub>Zn<sub>0.6</sub>Mn<sub>0.2</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticle suspension stabilized at 42.9 °C under the applied alternating magnetic field. The cytotoxicity essay analyses indicate the good biocompatibility of the nanoparticles, exhibiting a good candidate for conventional hyperthermia.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials","volume":"628 ","pages":"Article 173216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144123983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}