Magnetoelasticity and magnetoresistance in Cu-Al-Mn shape-memory alloys 

    Marcos, Jordi; Planes Vila, Antoni; Mañosa, Lluís; Labarta, Amílcar; Hattink, Bart Jan (2009-06-03)

    We study the effect of a magnetic field on the martensitic transition of a Cu-Al-Mn shape-memory alloy. The martensitic transition has been studied through resistance measurements under applied magnetic fields ranging from ...

    Nanocrystalline M-type hexaferrite powders: preparation, geometric and magnetic propertiess 

    Gornert, P.; Pfeiffer, H.; Sinn, E.; Muller, Rainer; Schuppel, W.; Rosler, M.; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; García del Muro y Solans, Montserrat; Tejada Palacios, Javier; Galí Medina, Salvador, 1949- (2009-06-10)

    Co-Ti-Sn-Ge substituted M-type bariumhexaferrite powders with mean grain sizes between about 10 nm and about 1 ¿m and a narrow size distribution were prepared reproducibly by means of a modified glass crystallization method. ...

    Magnetic microstructures from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films 

    Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Valencia, A.; Labarta, Amílcar; O'Grady, K.; Watson, M. L. (2009-06-10)

    CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films, prepared by rf sputtering, displayed magnetic domain microstructures for ferromagnetic concentrations above about 32% at, and below the percolation threshold. All samples have a fcc structure ...

    Magnetization reversal mechanisms in colloidal dispersions of magnetite particles 

    González-Miranda, J. M. (Jesús Manuel); Montero, M. I.; Lopez-Perez, J. A.; Mira, J.; Lopez-Quintela, M. A.; Rivas, J.; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Labarta, Amílcar (2009-06-11)

    We have studied the structural and magnetic properties of colloids consisting of different concentrations of magnetite particles dispersed in kerosene. Our data for the temperature dependence of the low field magnetization ...

    Temperature dependence of the magnetization processes in Co/Al oxide/Permalloy trilayers 

    Prados, C.; Hattink, Bart Jan; Pina, E.; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Labarta, Amílcar; González-Miranda, J. M. (Jesús Manuel); Hernando, Antonio, 1947- (2009-06-11)

    The magnetization process of Co/Al oxide/Py trilayers and its evolution with the temperature have been analyzed. The particular behavior of the Co layers, including the shift of the hysteresis loops and a coercivity increase ...

    Spin glass behavior of FeSbO4 studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetometry 

    Labarta, Amílcar; Sarson, M.; Obradors, Xavier; Berry, Frank J., 1947-; Rodríguez Solá, Raúl; Tejada Palacios, Javier (2009-06-11)

    In this paper evidence of a spin glass behaviour in FeSbO 4 rutile from susceptibility and hysteresis loop measurements are presented. The spin glass transition has as a precursor effect a strong deviation of the Curie-Weiss ...

    Particle orientation distribution in Y-Fe2O3magnetic tapes by Mössbauer and hysteresis loop measurements 

    Martínez Benjamin, Joan Josep; Labarta, Amílcar; Obradors, Xavier; Tejada Palacios, Javier (2009-06-11)

    The particle orientation in several Y-Fe2O3magnetic tapes has been quantitatively evaluated by using the data of both Mössbauer and hysteresis loop measurements performed in the three orthogonal directions. A texture ...

    Mossbauer and magnetization studies of amorphous NdFeB compositionally modulated thin films 

    Martínez Benjamin, Joan Josep; Moreu, M. A.; Ruiz, A.; Labarta, Amílcar; Obradors, Xavier; Briones Fernández-Pola, Fernando; Tejada Palacios, Javier (2009-06-11)

    Several NdFeB compositionally modulated thin films are studied by using both conversion electron Mossbauer spectra and SQUID (superconducting quantum-interference-device) magnetometry. Both the hyperfine fields and the ...

    Mossbauer studies of amorphous FeSi compositionally modulated thin films 

    Martínez Benjamin, Joan Josep; Ruiz, A.; Labarta, Amílcar; Obradors, Xavier; Briones Fernández-Pola, Fernando; Tejada Palacios, Javier (2009-06-12)

    Conversion electron Mossbauer spectra of composition modulated FeSi thin films have been analysed within the framework of a quasi shape independent model in which the distribution function for the hyperfine fields is assumed ...

    Systematic study of the temperature dependence of the saturation magnetization in Fe, Fe-Ni and Co-based amorphous alloys 

    Liniers Vazquez, Macarena; Flores, J.; Bermejo, F. J.; González-Miranda, J. M. (Jesús Manuel); Vicent, J. L.; Tejada Palacios, Javier (2009-06-12)

    Magnetization versus temperature in the temperature interval 2-200 K was measured for amorphous alloys of three different compositions: Fe 81.5B14.5Si4, Fe40Ni38 Mo4B18, and Co70Fe5Ni 2Mo3B5Si15. The measurements were ...

    Low-resistance spin-dependent tunnel junctions with HfAlOx barriers for high-density recording-head application 

    Wang, Jianguo; Freitas, P. P.; Snoeck, E.; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Cuadra, J. (2009-06-12)

    Spin-dependent tunnel junctions with the structure (Ta 70 /spl Aring//NiFe 70 /spl Aring//MnIr 80 /spl Aring//CoFe 35 /spl Aring//HfAlO/sub x//CoFe 35 /spl Aring//NiFe 40 /spl Aring//TiW(N) 150 /spl Aring/) were fabricated ...

    Characterization of nano-oxide layers fabricated by ion beam oxidation 

    Cardoso, Susana; Zongzhi Zhang; Haohua Li; Ferreira, R.; Freitas, P. P.; Peng, Wei; Soares, J. C.; Snoeck, E.; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier (2009-06-12)

    In this paper, a remote O2 ion source is used for the formation of nano-oxide layers. The oxidation efficiency was measured in CoFe-oxide films, and a decrease of the oxide layer with the pan angle and the oxidation pressure ...

    Reconstructing images from their most singular fractal manifold 

    Turiel Martínez, Antonio M.; Pozo, Angela del (2009-06-12)

    Real-world images are complex objects, difficult to describe but at the same time possessing a high degree of redundancy. A very recent study [1] on the statistical properties of natural images reveals that natural images ...

    Synthesis, structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays 

    Puntes, Víctor; Krishnan, K. M. (2009-06-15)

    The synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles with monodispere size distributions, their self assembly into ordered arrays and their magnetic behavior as a function of structural order (ferrofluids and 2D assemblies) are presented. ...

    Synthesis of sodium-zinc spinel ferrites 

    Vallet Regí, María; Parras Vázquez, Marina; Obradors, Xavier; Pernet, Michel; Rodríguez, J.; Joubert, J. (2009-06-15)

    The synthesis of spinel ferrites with composition Zn1-2xNaxFe2+xO4has been performed and the composition range in which single phase samples are obtained has been defined. The characterization of the samples has been carried ...

    Cation distribution and high field magnetization studies on SrFe12-xCrxO19 

    Obradors, Xavier; Isalgué Buxeda, Antoni; Collomb, A.; Pernet, Michel; Rodríguez, J.; Tejada Palacios, Javier; Joubert, J.; Pannetier, J. (2009-06-15)

    With the aim of a better understanding of both cationic distribution and magnetic properties of the uniaxial SrFe12-xCrxO19hexagonal ferrites, Mössbauer spectroscopy, neutron diffraction and high field magnetization ...

    Static magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Co-Ti doped barium ferrite BaFe12-2xCoxTixO19 (x=0.8) 

    Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; García del Muro y Solans, Montserrat; Tejada Palacios, Javier; Pfeiffer, H.; Gornert, P.; Sinn, E. (2009-06-15)

    We have studied the static magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Co-Ti doped barium ferrite BaFe/sub 10.4/Co/sub 0.8/Ti/sub 0.8/O/sub 19/. The zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) processes show the typical ...

    Magnetic properties of Fe-Cu-Nb-Si-B nanocrystaliine magnetic alloys 

    García del Muro y Solans, Montserrat; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Zquiak, R.; Tejada Palacios, Javier; Polak, C.; Grössinger, R. (2009-06-15)

    Several ribbons of composition Fe73.5Cu1Nb 3Si16.5B6 and Fe73.5Cu1 Nb3Si13.5B9 were prepared by annealing the as-quenched samples between 525°C and 700°C; which induced nucleation of nanocrystallites of Fe bcc-type ...

    Finite-temperature T matrix in a real-time formalism 

    Canivell Cretchley, Víctor; Garrido Beltrán, Lluís; San Miguel Ruibal, Maximino; Seglar, P. (Pedro) (2009-09-22)

    A generalized off-shell unitarity relation for the two-body scattering T matrix in a many-body medium at finite temperature is derived, through a consistent real-time perturbation expansion by means of Feynman diagrams. ...

    Perturbation theory for classical thermodynamic Green's functions 

    Enz, Charles P. (Charles Paul), 1925-; Garrido Beltrán, Lluís (2009-09-25)

    A systematic time-dependent perturbation scheme for classical canonical systems is developed based on a Wick's theorem for thermal averages of time-ordered products. The occurrence of the derivatives with respect to the ...