Gou 2016
Gou 2016
field strength
,
Junming Gou, Xiaolian Liu, Kaiyun Wu, Yue Wang, Shanshan Hu, Hui Zhao, Andong Xiao, Tianyu Ma , and Mi
,
Yan
Magnetostrictive materials that generate linear mechani- anisotropy) and the crystallographic/magnetic textures deter-
cal deformation under uniaxial magnetic field are widely mine the magnetostriction sign, magnitude as well as the sat-
used in actuators, sensors, and transducers.1,2 The magnetic uration field, as one can see from the typical examples of
field induced strain mediated to other functional materials, Ni with negative magnetostriction and Fe with positive
such as piezoelectric materials,3 optical fibers,4 and negative magnetostriction.1 The basic idea of this letter is that if a fer-
thermal expansion polymers,5 facilities the design of multi- romagnetic composite contains both negative and positive
functional devices. For instance, magnetoelectric coupling magnetostriction phases with different magnetocrystalline
effect of magnetostrictive/piezoelectric heterostructures can anisotropies, tensile or compressive strain control can then
be utilized to manipulate the polarization (or magnetization) be achieved by increasing the DC magnetic field strength.
with applied magnetic (or electric) field, known as a direct Herein, we report a proof-of-principle Fe-Ga composite with
(or converse) magnetoelectric effect.6,7 Technologically, if such promising function.
the interface strain state could be tuned from compressive Solid solution type Fe-Ga alloys (Galfenol)15 are superior
into tensile (or vice versa) by changing the magnetic field in ductility and mechanical strength to Terfenol-D as the well-
strength, it would be highly desirable that the electric signals known giant magnetostrictive material. Previous studies15–17
(polarization) could be alternated through a DC magnetic of Fe100-xGax alloys have shown two anomalous peaks in the
field. It then allows the generation of an AC electrical signal magnetostriction at x 19 at. % and 27 at. %, respectively.
by a DC magnetic field, instead of using the conventional Magnetostriction (3/2k100) exceeding 400 ppm at room temper-
vibrated mechanical stress on the brittle piezoelectric com- ature has been reported for both Fe81Ga1915,16 and Fe73Ga2717
ponent.8,9 Unfortunately, the magnetostrictive materials, single crystals (as opposed to 30–130 ppm for bulk Fe-, Co-, or
including pure metal Ni,10 alloy Fe-Ga,11 and intermetallic Ni-based alloys18). Both structure and magnetostrictive proper-
compound Tb0.3Dy0.7Fe2 (Terfenol-D),12 usually output uni- ties of Fe-Ga alloys are very sensitive to the thermal his-
tary elastic strain (either compressive or tensile) and allow tory.19–26 When Ga content is within 26–29 at. %, disordered
monotonous control only. If the magnetostriction sign of a body-centered-cubic (BCC) A2, ordered DO3, ordered face-
ferromagnet changes at different magnetic field strengths, centered-cubic (FCC) L12, and ordered hexagonal DO19 struc-
i.e., contraction or elongation, it then facilitates biconditional tures can be obtained by heat-treatments, as shown by two
control by a DC magnetic field. early studies of Fe72.5Ga27.5 alloy.22,23 For this alloy, A2 and
The linear magnetostriction in single-phase ferromagnets DO3 structured samples possess positive magnetostriction,
is resulted from the motion of non-180 domain walls (DWs) whereas the L12 and DO19 structured ones exhibit negative
and rotation of magnetization under magnetic fields.1,13,14 The magnetostriction. Compared to the BCC and HCP phases, the
intrinsic spin-orbit interaction (the origin of magnetocrystalline L12 phase has much larger magnetization. Following such
structure-property relation, one could achieve a Fe-Ga compos-
a)
maty@zju.edu.cn; ite containing both the positive-magnetostriction BCC phase
b)
mse_yanmi@zju.edu.cn and the negative-magnetostriction FCC phase. Early work by
Kawamiya et al. has shown that the L12 phase forms after
long-term aging (3 days annealing at 773 K followed by 1
month annealing at 623 K (Ref. 21)) due to the slow transfor-
mation kinetics from a BCC precursor. Our recent work27
also shows that aging at 803 K produces a composite, where
the volume fraction of FCC L12 phase is closely relied on
the aging time. In this letter, a Fe73Ga27 composite contain-
ing both BCC and FCC phases was prepared by aging for 3
days at 803 K. Magnetic and magnetostriction measurements
reveal that the BCC phase exhibits smaller magnetocrystal-
line anisotropy and smaller saturation field than those of the
FCC phase, and that the preferable DW motion and magneti-
zation rotation in the Fe73Ga27 composite give rise to sign-
changed-magnetostrictions.
Fe73Ga27 alloy was prepared by arc melting, copper-
mold casting, and subsequent Bridgeman solidification. The
cylindered rod sample (U7 40 mm3) was quenched into ice
water after solution-treating for 3 h at 1373 K, which exhibits
a BCC average structure.27 Further aging for 3 days at 803 K
promotes the formation of L12 phase. For comparison,
another sample was prepared by aging for 30 days at 803 K,
which mainly consists of L12 phase. The axial magnetostric-
tions were measured by the output of a 1 mm-long 1 mm-
wide electrical resistance strain gauge attached to the speci-
men surface. Initial magnetization curves and magnetization
hysteresis loops were measured by SQUID magnetometer.
Sample for transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) char-
acterization was prepared by twin-jet electropolishing below
243 K, followed by ion-milling for 15 min (beam glancing
angle ¼ 6 , beam voltage ¼ 2 keV, and beam current ¼ 5 mA) FIG. 1. (a) Magnetostriction of Fe73Ga27 composite formed by aging at
to remove surface contaminations. TEM examination was 803 K for 3 days. XRD profiles; schematically elongation and subsequent
performed with a JEOL JEM-2100F microscope. In-situ DW contraction are shown in the insets. (b) Magnetostrictions of Fe73Ga27 sam-
ples after solution-treating and aging at 803 K for 30 days, respectively. The
motions were observed using the Lorentz mode with the corresponding XRD profiles are shown in the inset. Average BCC structure
magnetic field up to 300 Oe. The magnetic field was applied is identified for the as-solution-treated sample. The longer the aging time,
parallel to the sample surface. the larger the volume fraction of L12 phase.
Figure 1(a) illustrates the room temperature magneto-
striction curves of the Fe73Ga27 sample aged at 803 K for 3 demagnetized state, which thus enable biconditional strain
days. The inset XRD profiles reveal that it contains both control by changing the magnetic field strength.
BCC and FCC phases. Both the magnetic field and strain To understand the mechanism of the sign-changed-mag-
measurement direction are parallel to the rod axis. The mag- netostrictions, we first distinguish the intrinsic magnetic
netostriction in this letter refers to the strain measured along property difference between the BCC and the L12 phase. Fig. 2
the field direction. Butterfly-type strain output behavior is shows the magnetization loops for the as-solution-treated,
observed. Upon increasing field strength, the axial magneto- the 3-day-aged, and the 30-day-aged samples, respectively.
striction changes from positive under lower fields into nega- Using the initial magnetization curves, the saturation magne-
tive under higher fields. It means that the sample first expands tization MS and the magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant
and then contracts along the field direction. However, the K1 are calculated by the law of approach to saturation and
saturation magnetostriction is positive (145 ppm) for the as- summarized in the upper-right inset of Fig. 2. The coercivity
solution-treated state with an average BCC structure (Fig. HC, derived from the enlarged M-H loops (bottom-right inset
1(b)). Meanwhile, it is negative (76 ppm) for the Fe73Ga27 of Fig. 2), is also summarized. K1, MS, and HC increase from
sample after aging at 803 K for 1 month which mainly con- 1.23 104 J/m3, 143.68 emu/g, and 0.035 kOe for the as-
tains the L12 phase. Difference in the magnetostriction sign solution-treated sample to 1.41 104 J/m3, 147.12 emu/g,
between the BCC and the L12 phases is consistent with pre- and 0.149 kOe for the one aged for 3 days, and further
vious work.22,23 It also shows that the sample aged for 1 increase to 1.66 104 J/m3, 151.50 emu/g, and 0.151 kOe for
month exhibits a larger saturation magnetic field than the as- the one aged for 30 days. The longer the aging time is, the
solution-treated one. In any case, during magnetization, these larger the K1, MS, and HC are. It also reflects that the volume
two samples show only unitary elongation or contraction fraction of FCC phase increases with aging time, being con-
without changing the magnetostriction sign. Besides, the sistent with the XRD results in Fig. 1. It demonstrates that
abnormal sign-changed-magnetostrictions have never been FCC phase possesses stronger magnetocrystalline anisotropy
observed in other single-phase ferromagnets at the thermally than the BCC phase. Consequently, magnetostriction for the
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