Preparation and Faraday rotation of Bi-YIG/PMMA nanocomposite. Fu, H. P., Hong, R. Y., Wu, Y. J., Di, G. Q., Xu, B., Zheng, Y., & Wei, D. G. JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 320(21):2584-2590, NOV, 2008.
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Bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared by coprecipitation and subsequent heating treatment. Thermal gravity-differential thermal analysis was performed to investigate the thermal behavior of the Bi-YIG precursors and to decide the best annealing temperature. Phase formation of garnet NPs was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction. The size of Bi-YIG NPs was investigated by transmission electron microscopy, and the magnetic properties of Bi-YIG NPs were measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer. The results show that the temperature needed for the transformation of Bi-YIG from the amorphous phase to the garnet phase decreases with increasing Bi content, and Bi-YIG NPs with sizes of 28 -78nm are obtained after heating treatment at 650 -1000 degrees C. The saturation magnetization of Bi-YIG NPs increases as the Bi content increases. Moreover, the Faraday rotation of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) slices doped with Bi-YIG NPs was investigated. The results indicate that the angle of Faraday rotation increases with increasing Bi content in PMMA composites, and the maximum value of the figure of merit is 1.46 degrees, which is comparable to the value of a sputtered film. The Bi-YIG NPs-doped PMMA slices are new promising materials for magneto-optical devices. (C) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
@article{ ISI:000258395400008,
Author = {Fu, H. P. and Hong, R. Y. and Wu, Y. J. and Di, G. Q. and Xu, B. and
   Zheng, Y. and Wei, D. G.},
Title = {{Preparation and Faraday rotation of Bi-YIG/PMMA nanocomposite}},
Journal = {{JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS}},
Year = {{2008}},
Volume = {{320}},
Number = {{21}},
Pages = {{2584-2590}},
Month = {{NOV}},
Abstract = {{Bismuth-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) nanoparticles (NPs)
   were prepared by coprecipitation and subsequent heating treatment.
   Thermal gravity-differential thermal analysis was performed to
   investigate the thermal behavior of the Bi-YIG precursors and to decide
   the best annealing temperature. Phase formation of garnet NPs was
   investigated by X-ray powder diffraction. The size of Bi-YIG NPs was
   investigated by transmission electron microscopy, and the magnetic
   properties of Bi-YIG NPs were measured using a vibrating sample
   magnetometer. The results show that the temperature needed for the
   transformation of Bi-YIG from the amorphous phase to the garnet phase
   decreases with increasing Bi content, and Bi-YIG NPs with sizes of 28
   -78nm are obtained after heating treatment at 650 -1000 degrees C. The
   saturation magnetization of Bi-YIG NPs increases as the Bi content
   increases. Moreover, the Faraday rotation of polymethyl methacrylate
   (PMMA) slices doped with Bi-YIG NPs was investigated. The results
   indicate that the angle of Faraday rotation increases with increasing Bi
   content in PMMA composites, and the maximum value of the figure of merit
   is 1.46 degrees, which is comparable to the value of a sputtered film.
   The Bi-YIG NPs-doped PMMA slices are new promising materials for
   magneto-optical devices. (C) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.}},
DOI = {{10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.04.129}},
ISSN = {{0304-8853}},
EISSN = {{1873-4766}},
Unique-ID = {{ISI:000258395400008}},
}

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