Origin of the anomalous temperature dependence of coercivity in soft ferromagnets
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Summary, in English
We report on the origin of the anomalous temperature dependence of coercivity observed in some soft ferromagnets by studying the magnetic and electronic properties of FeZr films doped using ion implantation by H, He, B, C, and N. The anomalous increase of the coercivity with temperature was observed only in the C- and B-doped samples. Using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we show that the anomalous behavior of the coercivity coincides with the occurrence of an electron charge transfer for those implanted samples. The origin of the anomaly is discussed in terms of (i) magnetic softness, (ii) nature of the Fe-C and -B covalent bonds, and (iii) large charge transfer. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
Department/s
Publishing year
2014
Language
English
Publication/Series
Applied Physics Reviews
Volume
116
Issue
5
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Topic
- Natural Sciences
- Physical Sciences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1931-9401