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Investigating phase transition temperatures of size separated gadolinium silicide magnetic nanoparticles
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Shivakumar G. Hunagund, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Shane M. Harstad, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Ahmed A. El-Gendy, University of Texas at El Paso
  • Shalbh Gupta, Ames Laboratory
  • Vitalij K. Pecharsky, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Ravi L. Hadimani, Virginia Commonwealth University
Publication Date
5-1-2018
Department
Ames Laboratory; Materials Science and Engineering
Report Number
IS-J 9624
DOI
10.1063/1.5007686
Journal Title
AIP Advances
Abstract

Gadolinium silicide (Gd5Si4) nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit different properties compared to their parent bulk materials due to finite size, shape, and surface effects. NPs were prepared by high energy ball-milling of the as-cast Gd5Si4ingot and size separated into eight fractions using time sensitive sedimentation in an applied dc magnetic field with average particle sizes ranging from 700 nm to 82 nm. The largest Gd5Si4 NPs order ferromagnetically at 316 K. A second anomaly observed at 110 K can be ascribed to a Gd5Si3 impurity. As the particle sizes decrease, the volume fraction of Gd5Si3 phase increases at the expense of the Gd5Si4 phase, and the ferromagnetic transition temperature of Gd5Si4 is reduced from 316 K to 310 K, while the ordering of the minor phase is independent of the particle size, remaining at 110 K.

Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Shivakumar G. Hunagund, Shane M. Harstad, Ahmed A. El-Gendy, Shalbh Gupta, et al.. "Investigating phase transition temperatures of size separated gadolinium silicide magnetic nanoparticles" Vol. 8 Iss. 5 (2018) p. 056428
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rlhadimani/33/