Morphotropic phase boundary and magnetoelastic behaviour in ferromagnetic Tb1-xGdxFe2 system

Adil, Murtaza; Yang, Sen; Mi, Meng; Zhou, Chao; Wang, Jieqiong; Zhang, Rui; Liao, Xiaoqi; Wang, Yu; Ren, Xiaobing; Song, Xiaoping; Ren, Yang

doi:10.1063/1.4916652

Morphotropic phase boundary and magnetoelastic behaviour in ferromagnetic Tb_1-xGd_xFe₂ system

Journal Article · Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916652· OSTI ID:1248372

Adil, Murtaza ^[1]; Yang, Sen ^[1]; Mi, Meng ^[1]; Zhou, Chao ^[1]; Wang, Jieqiong ^[1]; Zhang, Rui ^[1]; Liao, Xiaoqi ^[1]; Wang, Yu ^[1]; Ren, Xiaobing ^[1]; Song, Xiaoping ^[1]; Ren, Yang ^[2]

Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Xi'an (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Morphotropic phase boundary (MPB), separating two ferroic phases of different crystal symmetries, has been studied extensively for its extraordinary enhancement of piezoelectricity in ferroelectrics. Based on the same mechanism, we have designed a magnetic MPB in the pseudobinary ferromagnetic system of Tb_1-xGd_xFe₂ and the corresponding crystal structure, magnetic properties, and magnetostriction are explored. With the synchrotron x-ray diffractometry, the structure symmetry of TbFe₂-rich compositions is detected to be rhombohedral (R) and that of GdFe₂-rich compositions is tetragonal (T) below T_c. With the change of concentration, the value of magnetostriction of the samples changes monotonously, while the MPB composition Tb_0.1Gd_0.9Fe₂, which corresponds to the coexistence of R and T phases, exhibits the maximum magnetization among all available compositions and superposition of magnetostriction behaviour of R and T phases. Furthermore, our result of MPB phenomena in ferromagnets may provide an effective route to design functional magnetic materials with exotic properties.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1248372

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1226730
OSTI ID: 22398819

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 106; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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