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Near-field infrared microscopy of nanometer-sized nickel clusters inside single-walled carbon nanotubes
摘要： Nickel nanoclusters grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) were studied by infrared scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM). The metal clusters give high local contrast enhancement in near-field phase maps caused by the excitation of free charge carriers. The experimental results are supported by calculations using the finite dipole model, approximating the clusters with elliptical nanoparticles. Compared to magnetic force microscopy, s-SNOM appears much more sensitive to detect metal clusters inside carbon nanotubes. We estimate that these clusters contain fewer than 700 Ni atoms.
关键词： s-SNOM,infrared scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy,magnetic force microscopy,single-walled carbon nanotubes,Nickel nanoclusters
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Precession damping in [Co <sub/>60</sub> Fe <sub/>40</sub> /Pt] <sub/>5</sub> multilayers with varying magnetic homogeneity investigated with femtosecond laser pulses
摘要： We report on the ultrafast magnetization dynamics of [Co60Fe40/Pt]5 multilayers studied with femtosecond laser pulses. The samples were grown at room temperature by DC magnetron sputtering with Ta capping and Pt buffer layers and present the same thickness and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy as determined by vibrating sample magnetometry. Controlled growth rate of the Pt buffer layer modified the anisotropy fields and magnetic domain sizes as measured by magnetic force microscopy (MFM). An estimation of the average magnetic domain sizes was obtained from the profile of the self-correlation transform of the MFM images. For multilayers having an average magnetic domain size of 490 nm, we report a damped precession of the magnetization which decays with a time constant of ～100 ps and which has a frequency which varies from 8.4 GHz to 17.0 GHz as the external field increases from 192 mT to 398 mT. Fitting the precession dynamics with the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation we evaluated the damping α, which decreases from 0.18 to 0.05 with increasing magnetic domain sizes (127 nm to 490 nm). These α values are higher than for single layers suggesting an enhanced scattering and spin pumping effects from the Pt adjacent layers. In addition, the precession frequency increases from 2.04 GHz to 11.50 GHz as the anisotropy field of the multilayers increases from 6.5 kOe to 13.0 kOe. Finally, a comparative analysis between micromagnetic simulations and MFM images allowed us to determine the exchange stiffness (Aex) in the [Co60Fe40/Pt]5 multilayers.
关键词： exchange stiffness,femtosecond laser pulses,Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation,[Co60Fe40/Pt]5 multilayers,damping,magnetic force microscopy,ultrafast magnetization dynamics,perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Effect of doping on thin film solar cell efficiency based on ZnMn2O4 nanocrystals
摘要： The present study reports, for the first time, a facile synthesis for ternary ZnMn2O4 nanocrystals synthesized by a simple and low cost two-phase method. Those nanocrystals were used on thin film solar cell as active absorber layer. The resulting nanocrystals were characterized by XRD, TEM, AFM-MFM, FTIR and JV characterization techniques to investigate the crystalline behavior, chemical composition, morphology and optical properties. Two phase method allows the successful synthesis of oleic acid (OA) capped ZnMn2O4 nanocrystals with 5-10 nm particle size. After doping of the ZnMn2O4 nanocrystals at different ratios with P3HT:PCBM, an enhancement was observed in the solar cell performances based on thin films. The power conversion efficiency of P3HT:PCBM-ZnMn2O4 thin film solar cell was investigated by J-V characteristic curve and as a result of this study, the highest efficiency was achieved as 3.27% with a doping ratio of 1%. Thus we believe that this work will open a new perspective to the synthesis of ZnMn2O4 materials for applications in the field of energy conversion systems.
关键词： Two Phase,Magnetic force microscopy,Zinc Manganese Oxide,ZnMn2O4
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Local magnetization of GeTe/Sb <sub/>2</sub> Te <sub/>3</sub> superlattice films using a scanning probe microscope
摘要： Local magnetization of chalcogenide superlattices (SL) of [(GeTe)2 (Sb2Te3)]n (n=4 and 8) was performed using a magnetic force microscopy (MFM) at room temperature. We show that stripe patterns appeared in MFM phase images after magnetizing of the SL by holding the MFM probe at a short distance to the SL surface at room temperature. The probe-induced stripe pattern remained after storage for several days, and which differs from electric poling. We attributed the SL magnetization to the imbalance in the amount of spin-up and spin-down carriers in helical interface bands under the stray magnetic field.
关键词： local magnetization,magnetic force microscopy,spin polarization,GeTe/Sb2Te3 superlattice,scanning probe microscope
更新于2025-09-09 09:28:46
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Customized MFM probes with high lateral resolution
摘要： Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) is a widely used technique for magnetic imaging. Besides its advantages such as the high spatial resolution and the easy use in the characterization of relevant applied materials, the main handicaps of the technique are the lack of control over the tip stray field and poor lateral resolution when working under standard conditions. In this work, we present a convenient route to prepare high-performance MFM probes with sub-10 nm (sub-25 nm) topographic (magnetic) lateral resolution by following an easy and quick low-cost approach. This allows one to not only customize the tip stray field, avoiding tip-induced changes in the sample magnetization, but also to optimize MFM imaging in vacuum (or liquid media) by choosing tips mounted on hard (or soft) cantilevers, a technology that is currently not available on the market.
关键词： magnetic materials,AFM probes,high-resolution microscopy,atomic force microscopy (AFM),magnetic force microscopy (MFM)
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14