TY - JOUR
T1 - In situ TEM observation of thermally-induced first-order magnetic transition in itinerant-electron metamagnetic La(Fe xSi 1-x) 13 compounds
AU - Kawamoto, Naoyuki
AU - Murakami, Yasukazu
AU - Shindo, Daisuke
AU - Fujieda, Shun
AU - Fujita, Asaya
AU - Fukamichi, Kazuaki
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Defocus mode of Lorentz microscopy has revealed change in the magnetic microstructure with a first-order magnetic phase transition in La(Fe xSi 1-x) 13 compounds (0.86 ≤ x. ≤ 0.90). Upon heating specimens from the ferromagnetic phase to the paramagnetic phase, magnetic domains disappear instantaneously at the Curie temperature, concurrent with a substantial change in the volume. The observations are consistent with the feature of the first-order phase transition, which gives rise to extraordinary phenomena of these compounds such as large magnetocaloric effects.
AB - Defocus mode of Lorentz microscopy has revealed change in the magnetic microstructure with a first-order magnetic phase transition in La(Fe xSi 1-x) 13 compounds (0.86 ≤ x. ≤ 0.90). Upon heating specimens from the ferromagnetic phase to the paramagnetic phase, magnetic domains disappear instantaneously at the Curie temperature, concurrent with a substantial change in the volume. The observations are consistent with the feature of the first-order phase transition, which gives rise to extraordinary phenomena of these compounds such as large magnetocaloric effects.
KW - First-order transition
KW - Itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition
KW - Lorentz microscopy
KW - Magnetic domain
KW - Magnetocaloric effect
KW - Magnetovolume effect
KW - Transmission electron microscopy
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U2 - 10.2320/matertrans.46.1764
DO - 10.2320/matertrans.46.1764
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:26944441265
VL - 46
SP - 1764
EP - 1767
JO - Materials Transactions
JF - Materials Transactions
SN - 1345-9678
IS - 8
ER -