Published December 9, 2013 | Version v1
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Substantial enhancement in intrinsic coercivity on M-type strontium hexaferrite through the increase in magneto-crystalline anisotropy by co-doping of group-V and alkali elements

  • 1. Materials R and D Center, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-712 (Korea, Republic of)

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The effect of d1 impurity doping in Sr-hexaferrite (SrM) on the magnetic anisotropy is investigated. First-principles calculations revealed that group-V elements (V, Nb) are stabilized with co-doping of alkali elements. Na1+/K1+ doping at Sr2+-site is found to be critical to form the d1 impurities at Fe-site. Experimentally, Na–V doped SrM shows the intrinsic coercivity of ∼5.4 kOe, which is ∼300% enhancement compared to undoped SrM and comparable value to La–Co co-doped SrM. Finally, the spin-orbit coupling from non-vanishing angular momentum of d1 impurity in SrM should be a main factor for such a substantial improvement of intrinsic coercivity

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 242417-242417.4
ISSN
0003-6951
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