First-principles calculations and experimental studies on Co2FeGe Heusler alloy nanoparticles for spintronics applications
| Autor: | Aquil Ahmad, Amal K. Das, Suneel Kumar Srivastava |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science Materials science Condensed matter physics Spintronics Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys Nanoparticle Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) FOS: Physical sciences 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons Ferromagnetism Mechanics of Materials Phase (matter) Materials Chemistry Curie temperature Density functional theory Selected area diffraction 0210 nano-technology |
| Popis: | Here, we report the synthesis and physical properties of Co2FeGe (CFG) Heusler alloy (HA) nanoparticles (NPs). The NPs of size 23 nm are prepared using the co-precipitation method. X-ray and selected area electron diffraction patterns have confirmed the cubic Heusler phase of the NPs with the A2-disorder. These NPs are soft ferromagnetic, and exhibit a high saturation magnetization (Ms) along with a very high Curie temperature (Tc) of 1060 K. The observed Tc value matches closely with the theoretically calculated one following a model provided by Wurmehl et al. [1]. The high Ms and Tc make the present system a potential candidate for magnetically activated nano-devices working at high temperatures. The near-integral value 5.9 mehoB/f.u. of Ms at low temperatures indicates that the half-metallic ferromagnetism is preserved even in the particles even on the 20 nm length scale. Additionally, we have facilitated the existing HA-NP preparation method, which can be used in synthesizing other HA-NPs. The first-principles density functional theory computations complement the experimental results. 26 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables |
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