MAGNETICGARNETS,YxGd3-xFe5O12TUNABLE.pptVIP

MAGNETIC GARNETS, YxGd3-xFe5O12TUNABLE MAGNETIC GARNETS Y(NO3)3 + Gd(NO3)3 + FeCl3 + NaOH ? YxGd3-xFe5O12 Mixed metal hydroxide aqueous precursor synthesis method, reactants red brown, solid products olive green Firing pellets at 900oC, 18-24 hrs, re-grinding, re-pelletizing, repeated firing, removes REFeO3 Perovskite impurity PXRD used to identify garnet phase, detects any crystalline impurity phase like REFeO3, enables UC dimensions to be determined as a function of Y: Ga ratio over range 0 x 3 PXRD OF SOLID PRODUCTS OF Y(NO3)3 + Gd(NO3)3 + FeCl3 + NaOH REACTION HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL GROWTH OF YTTRIUM GADOLINIUM IRON GARNET GARNETS DISPLAY INTERESTING COOPERATIVE MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR Tunable Garnet magnet by varying magnetic sub-lattice components without disrupting garnet structure Similar idea to magnetic Spinel AB2O4 solid solution behavior - in which one has magnetically tunable Td (A) and Oh (B) metal sites Rare earth garnets R3Fe5O12 General Formula C3A2D3O12 (8 formula units per cubic unit cell - total 160 atoms) ONE OCTANT OF CUBIC UNIT CELL OF Y3Al5O12 (YAG) YxGd3-xFe5O12 GARNETS DISPLAY INTERESTING COOPERATIVE MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR C3A2D3O12 isomorphous replacement of Y(3+) for Gd(3+) on dodecahedral C cation sites (works for all rare earths except La, Ce, Pr, Nd) Forms solid solution as similar ionic radii R(Gd(3+)) = 0.938? R(Y(3+)) = 0.900? Complete family accessible, YxGd3-xFe5O12, 0 ? x ? 3 2Fe(3+) Oh A-sites, 3Fe(3+) D Td sites, 3RE(3+) C dodecahedral sites FACING THE CHALLENGE MODELS FOR DETERMINING THE Y(3+)/Gd(3+) DISTRIBUTION IN YxGd3-xFe5O12 1. Solid solution - random distribution of two components - EDX mapping 2. Physical mixture of two end members - phase segregation - PXRD 3. Compositional gradients - STEM imaging - EDX mapping 4. Core-corona - cherry model - surface free energy driven - EDX mapping 5. Microphase separated domains smaller than 10 nm - PXRD line broadening often to disappearence 6. Ordere