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

Journal Article · · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
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  1. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
  3. Harbin Inst. of Technology (China). School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
  5. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Harbin Inst. of Technology (China). School of Chemical Engineering and Technology

We report here 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+Sm2O3 (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 SmCo5 NPs with sizes tunable from 50 to 200 nm. The 200 nm SmCo5 NPs were dispersed in ethanol, and magnetically aligned in polyethylene glycol (PEG) matrix, yielding a PEG-SmCo5 NP composite with the room temperature coercivity (Hc) of 49.2 kOe, the largest Hc among all ferromagnetic NPs ever reported, and saturated magnetic moment (Ms) of 88.7 emu g-1, the highest value reported for SmCo5 NPs. The method was extended to synthesize other ferromagnetic NPs of Sm2Co17, and, for the first time, of Sm2Fe17N3 NPs with Hc over 15 kOe and Ms 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.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States); Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; 51571072
OSTI ID:
1498861
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1484816; OSTI ID: 1513158
Report Number(s):
BNL-211351-2019-JAAM; LLNL-JRNL-768237
Journal Information:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Vol. 58, Issue 2; ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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