2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Quest for valence-controlled Ce toward heavy-rare-earth-free permanent magnets
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15K13525
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Condensed matter physics II
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo (2016)
National Institute for Materials Science (2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 価数揺動 / 高温磁気異方性 / 重い電子系 / 金属間化合物試料合成 / 磁化・比熱・電気伝導等バルク物性測定 / X線吸収スペクトル測定 / モンテカルロシミュレーション / 第一原理計算 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have found that valence-fluctuating Ce contributes huge magnetic anisotropy in the proximity to the valence transition. The finding is most promising even though obtained as a byproduct from the original line of attack where we sought for a valence-controlled Ce. The following three lines of attack lead us to the conclusion: 1) ab initio re-inspection of magnetic anisotropy in CeCo5 to find a significant contribution from valence-fluctuating Ce and 2) bulk measurement of magnetic curves of Ce(Co,Cu)5 (Cu 30%) alloy and CeRh3B2 spanning the temperature range from room temperature down to low temperatures to observe strong temperature resistance in the magnetic anisotropy and 3) microscopic measurement of the valence state of Ce in Ce(Co,Cu) alloy probed by soft-X-ray absorption spectroscopy over the whole range of composition and temperature to observe the trend in the valence state therein.
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| Free Research Field |
磁性
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