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Chemical Synthesis of Magnetically Hard and Strong Rare Earth Metal Based Nanomagnets

Journal Article · · Angewandte Chemie
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  1. Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA
  2. Materials Science Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore CA 94550 USA
  3. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Heilongjiang 150001 China
  4. Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
  5. Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Heilongjiang 150001 China
Abstract

We report a general chemical approach to synthesize strongly ferromagnetic rare‐earth metal (REM) based SmCo and SmFeN nanoparticles (NPs) with ultra‐large coercivity. The synthesis started with the preparation of hexagonal CoO+Sm 2 O 3 (denoted as SmCo‐O) multipods via decomposition of Sm(acac) 3 and Co(acac) 3 in oleylamine. These multipods were further reduced with Ca at 850 °C to form SmCo 5 NPs with sizes tunable from 50 to 200 nm. The 200 nm SmCo 5 NPs were dispersed in ethanol, and magnetically aligned in polyethylene glycol (PEG) matrix, yielding a PEG‐SmCo 5 NP composite with the room temperature coercivity ( H c ) of 49.2 kOe, the largest H c among all ferromagnetic NPs ever reported, and saturated magnetic moment ( M s ) of 88.7 emu g −1 , the highest value reported for SmCo 5 NPs. The method was extended to synthesize other ferromagnetic NPs of Sm 2 Co 17 , and, for the first time, of Sm 2 Fe 17 N 3 NPs with H c over 15 kOe and M s reaching 127.9 emu g −1 . These REM based NPs are important magnetic building blocks for fabrication of high‐performance permanent magnets, flexible magnets, and printable magnetic inks for energy and sensing applications.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344; SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1484815
Journal Information:
Angewandte Chemie, Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 131; ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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