Gd7Pd3-xFex合金磁性及磁热效应的研究

采用电弧熔炼和高温退火的方法制备了Gd7Pd3-xFex(x=0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8和1)合金材料,并对该系列合金材料的磁特性及磁热效应进行了研究。X射线粉末衍射研究表明,所有的材料均形成Th7Fe3型结构。并且随着x的增大,晶格常数、居里温度、饱和磁化强度和最大磁熵变均有所降低。相比于Gd7Pd3,掺入Fe元素的材料可以获得更接近室温的居里温度和更宽的工作温区,从而导致了7 T磁场下高达1096 J·kg^-1的相对制冷能力(RCP), Gd7Pd3-xFex有望被用于室温附近的磁制冷。     

Magnetic van der Waals materials: Synthesis,structure, magnetism,and their potential applications

As the family of magnetic materials is rapidly growing, two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets have attracted increasing attention as a platform to explore fundamental physical problems of magnetism and their potential applications. This paper reviews the recent progress on emergent vdW magnetic compounds and their potential applications in devices. First, we summarize the current vdW magnetic materials and their synthetic methods. Then, we focus on their structure and the modulation of magnetic properties by analyzing the representative vdW magnetic materials with different magnetic structures. In addition, we pay attention to the heterostructures of vdW magnetic materials, which are expected to produce revolutionary applications of magnetism-related devices. To motivate the researchers in this area, we finally provide the challenges and outlook on 2D vdW magnetism.