Magnetic alignment of MnBi crystals and magnetic properties of MnBi-Bi composites

作者:Liu Yongsheng*; Zhang Jincang; Ren Zhongming; Cao Shixun; Zhang Xiaoyong; Jia Guangqiang; Li Xi; Deng Kang; Zhang Junxi
来源:Current Applied Physics, 2007, 7(5): 555-560.
DOI:10.1016/j.cap.2006.11.001

摘要

Below Curie temperature T-C, MnBi crystals are aligned along c-axis in a Bi matrix under a fabrication field H-f of 0.5 T-C. Above T-C, this alignment is also accomplished by quenching under a high H-f of 10 T. Such a method has a prominent feature that MnBi crystals grow preferentially and congregate along the H-f direction. Magnetic testing shows a pronounced anisotropy in magnetization in directions normal and parallel to H-f, resulting from the alignment. In the case of the alignment below T-C, Hf increases the transition temperature of spin-reorientation and the change in magnetization.