Published March 31, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Local magnetism in the nanoscale granular alloy Fe13Cu10Ag77

  • 1. CITIMAC, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander (Spain)
  • 2. Physics Department, TU Munich, 85747 Garching (Germany)
  • 3. Physics Department, Uppsala University, 75121 Uppsala (Sweden)
  • 4. Dept Physics and Astronomy, UCL and London Centre for Nanotechnology, London WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)

Description

Temperature-dependent zero-, longitudinal- and transverse-field μSR spectra have been recorded in nanometric Fe13Cu10Ag77 obtained by mechanical alloying. The alloy comprises Fe(Cu) nanoparticles (5nm) in a Ag matrix formed by 16nm particles, as deduced from the Rietveld refinement of the X-ray diffraction pattern. The muon depolarization can be described by a Dynamical Lorentzian Kubo-Toyabe function. This is in agreement with a high degree of interparticle dipolar interactions, giving rise to a cluster spin glass-like behavior below 100K. The intra particle interactions are also probed by the μSR, and influence the thermal variation of the static width

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.017;
PII
S0921-4526(05)01216-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
374-375
Journal Page Range
p. 67-70
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
10. international conference on muon spin rotation, relaxation and resonance
Dates
8-12 Aug 2005
Place
Oxford (United Kingdom)

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