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Magnetic properties of the Er(Co,Mn)O3 solid solution result from a subtle interplay of different interactions between erbium moments and several other magnetic entities present in this system: Mn3+, Mn4+, Co2+, Co3+, as well as double-exchange interactions among them. The special case of the 0.5:0.5 = Co:Mn substitution is particularly important since ferromagnetic domains may reorientate both under low and high external magnetic fields. Magnetic dilution of the erbium sublattice by non-magnetic yttrium (same valence and size) allows separating out the antiferromagnetic 4f-3d interactions leaving just the ferromagnetic Co2+-Mn4+ transition metal sublattice. Magnetic properties of the ErxY1-xCo0.50Mn0.50O3 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) solid solution are presented, going from ferromagnetism (x = 0; YCo0.5Mn0.5O3) to ferrimagnetism (x = 1; ErCo0.5Mn0.5O3). Antiferromagnetic interactions get stronger while the Co/Mn ferromagnetic domains become harder to rotate when the rare-earth sublattice is progressively filled with erbium ions of large magnetic moments. A linear dependence with x(Er) is observed for the critical field Hcrit related to the reorientation of domains, going from 1.3 T up to 3.5 T, for x = 0 and 1, respectively. At the same time, the compensation temperature Tcomp increases and the spontaneous magnetization Mrem decreases with increasing content of erbium.Las propiedades magnéticas de las soluciones sólidas ErxY1-xCo0.50Mn0.50O3 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) son consecuencia de una sutil interrelación de las diferentes interacciones entre los momentos magnéticos del Er3+ y de otras entidades magnéticas presentes en el sistema: Mn3+, Mn4+, Co2+, Co3+, así como las interacciones de doble canje entre ellas. El caso especial de la sustitución 0.5:0.5 = Co:Mn es particularmente importante puesto que los dominios ferromagnéticos pueden reorientarse bien con campos externos bajos como con altos. La dilución magnética de la subred de Er3+ por el ión no-magnético Y3+ (del mismo tamaño y valencia) permite separar las interacciones antiferromagnéticas 4f-3d dejando solamente las interacciones ferromagnéticas Co2+-Mn4+ de la subred de los metales de transición. Las propiedades magnéticas de las soluciones sólidas ErxY1-xCo0.50Mn0.50O3 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) se presentan como variando desde ferromagnetismo (x = 0; YCo0.5Mn0.5O3) a ferrimagnetismo (x = 1; ErCo0.5Mn0.5O3). Las interacciones antiferromagnéticas se hacen más fuertes mientras que los dominios ferromagnéticos se hacen más difíciles de rotar cuando la subred de la tierra rara se va llenando progresivamente con iones Er3+, de momento magnético alto. Se observa una dependencia lineal con x(Er) del campo crítico Hcrit relacionado con la reorientación de dominios, variando desde 1.3 T hasta 3.5 T, para x = 0 y 1, respectivamente. Al mismo tiempo, la temperatura de compensación, Tcomp aumenta y la magnetización espontánea, Mrem disminuye con el contenido creciente de Er3+.

We have studied Co/Cu multilayers to understand the effect of the sample's width on their magneto-resistance (MR). By keeping constant both the length and the thickness and exploring the widths within the range of usual magnetic domain sizes in those nanostructures, we were able to observe effects on the MR curve, as well as infer linked changes in the magnetization process. Associating MR and Planar Hall Effect (PHE) measurements, coupled to an analysis of the MR plots' symmetry, we were able to establish that, apart from the expected antiferromagnetic coupling, reducing the width forces the magnetization to stay aligned to the current channel, thus inducing more symmetric, closer to model Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR). Also, the sample edges might contribute by adding extra coupling through magnetostatic interaction. The added effects result in a counter-intuitive trend that goes from the near ideal wide samples through intermediate sizes with fairly abrupt changes in MR, and finally to the closer to bell-shaped ideal GMR at narrow widths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a study which described the magnetic and transport properties of iron and chromium superlattices grown on gallium arsenide by molecular-beam epitaxy. Characterization of the superlattices by high-energy electron diffraction; Discussion of the magnetic behavior of the superlattices; Origin of the antiferromagnetic coupling.

In this work, a study of the stress relief in Finemet ribbons, Fe[sub 73.5]Cu[sub 1]Nb[sub 3]Si[sub 16.5]B[sub 6], as a function of the annealing temperature is presented. The as melt-spun samples are amorphous and become partially crystallized after annealing at appropriate temperatures. For temperatures T[sub A] ≥ 480 °C the samples are nanocrystalline, with a microstructure composed by α-Fe[sub 1-χ] Si[sub χ] (χ ∼ 0.2) crystallites (10 nm average diameter) embedded in an amorphous matrix. Nanocrystallization, associated with stress relief effects, improves the soft magnetic properties of this kind of material. The stress level was quantified using magnetorestriction (measured by SAMR), magnetoelastic anisotropy, and domain wall energy data obtained from impedance spectra measurements. A reduction of the internal stress from 15 to 0.2 MPa was verified when comparing the as-cast to the sample annealed at 580 °C. Improvement of the magnetic softness of the samples was also followed by the increase of the domain wall and magnetization rotation contributions to the overall effective permeability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We studied the tunnel magnetoresistance in metal/insulator granular films when the applied current is varied. The tunnel magnetoresistance shows a strong modification related to a non-Ohmic behaviour of theses materials. It was verified that spin-dependent tunnelling is the main mechanism for magnetoresistance at low applied current. However, when the current is high, another mechanism gets to be important: it is independent of the magnetization and is associated to variable range hopping between metallic grains. In this work, we propose a simple modification of Inoue and Maekawa's model for tunnelling magnetoresistance in granulars, rewriting the expression for resistance as a function of magnetic field and temperature, also taking into account the two different contributions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]