Title :
Quantitative analysis of ordering of equiatomic FePt nanoparticles by electron diffraction
Author :
Miyazaki, T. ; Takahash, Y.K. ; Okamoto, S. ; Kitakami, O. ; Shimada, Y. ; Akase, Z. ; Murakami, Y. ; Shindo, D. ; Hono, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Multidisciplinary Res. for Adv. Mater., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
In the present work, we investigate the size effect on the L10 ordering of FePt [001] epitaxial particles. From the dark field images using superlattice 110 spots, we clarify the critical size for L10 ordering of FePt. Furthermore, we investigate the order parameter S of each FePt nanoparticle from its electron diffraction pattern taken by nanometer-size electron beam, and clarify the relationship between the particle size d and the order parameter S. The present work has unambiguously shown that the ordering of L10 FePt is entirely suppressed when its size is less than d ∼ 2 nm. Such size effect is not so serious for practical applications of FePt to permanent magnets or magnetic recording media, because the effect is significant only for d < 1.5 ∼ 2 nm which is much smaller than the superparamagnetic limit of L10 FePt.
Keywords :
electron diffraction; ferromagnetic materials; iron alloys; magnetic particles; nanoparticles; particle size; platinum alloys; FePt; FePt [001] epitaxial particles; L10 ordering; critical size; dark field images; electron diffraction; equiatomic FePt nanoparticles; nanometer-size electron beam; order parameter; particle size; size effect; superlattice 110 spots; Electron beams; Etching; Magnetic anisotropy; Nanoparticles; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Sputtering; Substrates; Temperature; X-ray diffraction; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2005. INTERMAG Asia 2005. Digests of the IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9009-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2005.1463514