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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Vlastnosti perspektivních feroelektrických materiálů / Properties of the perspective ferroelectric materials

Krejčí, Josef January 2012 (has links)
This thesis studies the properties and the applications of prospective ferroelectric materials which are used in electrical engineering and electronic industry. Further are physically explained and mathematically described the basic principles running in their structure. The practical part is aimed to build a workplace for measuring the components of the complex permittivity in the frequency and temperature area, controlled by the programmed measurement and service application using the Agilent VEE Pro 8.0 and MS Excel. The functionality of the workplace was verified on the selected material samples by measurement and evaluation of selected properties. For this issue was created electronic text, which can be used as a guide for laboratory exercises and it is an integral part of this work.
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Computational and Experimental Evaluations of a Novel Thermo-Brachytherapy Seed for Treatment of Solid Tumors

Warrell, Gregory Ralph January 2016 (has links)
No description available.
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Configurational and Magnetic Interactions in Multicomponent Systems

Alling, Björn January 2010 (has links)
This thesis is a theoretical study of configurational and magnetic interactions in multicomponent solids. These interactions are the projections onto the configurational and magnetic degrees of freedom of the underlying electronic quantum mechanical system, and can be used to model, explain and predict the properties of materials. For example, the interactions govern temperature induced configurational and magnetic order-disorder transitions in Heusler alloys and ternary nitrides. In particular three perspectives are studied. The first is how the interactions can be derived from first-principles calculations at relevant physical conditions. The second is their consequences, like the critical temperatures for disordering, obtained with e.g. Monte Carlo simulations. The third is their origin in terms of the underlying electronic structure of the materials. Intrinsic defects in the half-Heusler system NiMnSb are studied and it is found that low-energy defects do not destroy the important half-metallic property at low concentrations. Deliberate doping of NiMnSb with 3d-metals is considered and it is found that replacing some Ni with extra Mn or Cr creates new strong magnetic interactions which could be beneficial for applications at elevated temperature. A self-consistent scheme to include the effects of thermal expansion and one-electron excitations in the calculation of the magnetic critical temperature is introduced and applied to a study of Ni1−xCuxMnSb. A supercell implementation of the disordered local moments approach is suggested and benchmarked for the treatment of paramagnetic CrN as a disordered magnetic phase. It is found that the orthorhombic-to-cubic phase transition in this nitride can be understood as a first-order magnetic order-disorder transition. The ferromagnetism in Ti1−xCrxN solid solutions, an unusual property in nitrides, is explained in terms of a charge transfer induced change in the Cr-Cr magnetic interactions. Cubic Ti1−xAlxN solid solutions displays a complex and concentration dependent phase separation tendency. A unified cluster expansion method is presented that can be used to simulate the configurational thermodynamics of this system. It is shown that short range clustering do influence the free energy of mixing but only slightly change the isostructural phase diagram as compared to mean-field estimates.
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Tailored Properties of Ferromagnetic Thin Films

Warnicke, Peter January 2008 (has links)
Magnetic thin films and patterned nanostructures have been studied with respect to their magnetic properties using SQUID-magnetometry, magnetic force microscopy, electrical measurements, and micromagnetic calculations. Properties of vortex domain walls, trapped in Permalloy nanowires with artificial constrictions, were investigated experimentally and by numerical calculations. In particular, the geometrical extent and strength of the pinning potential were evaluated. In these wires, long-range vortex domain wall displacement induced by spin polarized alternating currents was obtained numerically at reduced threshold current densities as compared with the direct current case. Due to the asymmetry of the energy potential, the long-range displacement direction is determined by the vortex chirality. Strained FeCo/Pt superlattices with strong perpendicular anisotropy were investigated experimentally. The strain was controlled by varying the thickness of each alternating layer with monolayer precision and was found to have a dominating effect on the total anisotropy. Epitaxial films of the diluted magnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As were studied with focus on how the ferromagnetic transition temperature could be controlled by post-growth annealing. The ferromagnetic transition temperature was enhanced by approximately 85% for a Mn-doping concentration of 6% under certain conditions. A method to manipulate micrometer sized magnetic particles on patterned arrays of elliptical Permalloy microstructures was studied. Controlled motion and separation of the magnetic particles were obtained using applied rotating magnetic fields. The domain structure of the elliptical elements was studied numerically.
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Caractérisation et modélisation du comportement des matériaux magnétiques doux sous contrainte thermique / Characterization and modeling of soft ferromagnetic materials under thermal stress

Bui, Anh Tuan 19 April 2011 (has links)
Depuis longtemps, les dispositifs ou systèmes électromagnétiques sont omniprésents dans les milieux industriel et domestique. Le circuit magnétique de ces systèmes est un des éléments clefs d’une conversion énergétique efficace. Outre l’optimisation de la géométrie du circuit magnétique, la maîtrise de l’efficacité énergétique passe par l’utilisation de matériaux magnétiques performants et par une connaissance approfondie de leur comportement, notamment sous contraintes élevées comme les températures et fréquences élevées que l’on rencontre de plus en plus aujourd’hui. Notre travail s’intègre dans le cadre des recherches menées par l’équipe matériaux du laboratoire AMPERE, notamment sur les modèles comportementaux de matériaux magnétiques. Partant de nombreuses caractérisations expérimentales en fonction de la température, nous avons développé un modèle « dynamique » adapté à différents types de matériaux ferromagnétiques, et permettant de simuler rapidement l’influence de la température sur le fonctionnement permanent et transitoire de systèmes électromagnétiques simples. Il s’appuie sur l’association des modèles d’hystérésis de Jiles-Atherton et dit « tubes de flux ». Ce modèle, et la démarche associée de couplage entre phénomènes magnétique, thermique et électrique, sont validés sur un capteur de courant et une inductance. Les résultats confirment l’importance de l’effet de la température sur les performances des systèmes, et la pertinence de disposer d’un tel modèle pour optimiser ces systèmes / Since a long time, systems and electrical devices are everywhere in the industrial and domestic environments. The magnetic core of these systems is a key for achieving energy conversion efficiency. Apart from the geometry optimization, high performance materials are mandatory for obtaining an effective energy conversion, as well as deep knowledge of their behaviour. The choice of materials is even more important when strong constraints are imposed, like high temperature and high frequency, which are more and more met nowadays. Our work is taken on in the context of the research activity on the modeling of the behaviour of magnetic materials of the “materials” team of AMPERE-Lab. Starting from a large number of experimental characterizations of materials at different temperatures, we have developed a “dynamic” model adapted to the different kinds of magnetic materials, which allows to quickly simulate the effect of temperature on the steady-state and transient regime of simple electromagnetic systems. It is founded on using Jiles-Atherton’s hysteresis models together with the so called “flux tubes”. This modelling and the associated approach of coupling electrical, thermal and magnetic phenomena are validated on a current sensor and an inductance. The results confirm the importance of the effect of the temperature on the performances of systems, and the interest of having such a model so as to optimizing these systems
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Feroelektrika v elektrickém poli / Ferroelectrics in an electric field

Pavelka, Petr January 2012 (has links)
The submitted thesis describes characteristics and use of ferroelectric materials which find their utilization in electrotechnical and electronics industry. The thesis is mainly aimed at their behaviour in the electrical field at various intensity. The method using an osciloscope is selected for measuring. For the main measuring in part of this thesis was produced experimental wafer with five samples which were subsequently mesuared. The VEE PRO program was used for creating of collecting datas for histeresis loop and it’s functionality was checked on wafer with five examples in measuring. During this measuring was also measured electric tension dependence of components of complex permittivity.
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Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy Thin Films and Nanostructures for Future Recording Media Applications

Ganss, Fabian 18 November 2022 (has links)
The increasing demand for nearline storage capacity in data centers calls for a continued enhancement in hard disk drive recording density far beyond one terabit per square inch. The thermal stability limit forces the drive manufacturers to develop new concepts in order to achieve this in the long term. Potential solutions are microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR), heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) and bit-patterned media (BPM). A simple example of BPM based on sputter-deposited Co/Pd multilayers and prepatterned substrates at hypothetical recording densities up to one terabit per square inch was studied by magnetic force microscopy (MFM). This system achieved promising results at lower densities, but an actual application for data storage, especially at one terabit per square inch and higher densities, requires elaborate optimizations. For some time now, FePt thin films have attracted much attention as prospective recording layers for high-density magnetic data storage due to their high magnetic anisotropy. The use of FePt films in HAMR is especially promising. This application has been tested successfully by Seagate and its key customers in recent years and is about to be introduced into the nearline hard disk drive market. It requires a tuning of the magnetic properties of FePt, especially of its Curie temperature. The addition of Cu proved to be effective in this regard and can also facilitate the formation of the crucial L10 structure and (001) texture during rapid thermal annealing of sputter-deposited thin films. Such films were prepared as bilayers of Cu and FePt on Si substrates, annealed for 30 s, and analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and SQUID vibrating sample magnetometry (SQUID-VSM). The influence of large Cu additions on important properties like lattice parameters, mosaicity, magnetic anisotropy and Curie temperature is discussed. The chemical long-range order was calculated from the XRD data, and a dedicated chapter of this thesis covers the most important factors to be considered in such calculations for textured thin films and other samples. The feasibility of creating patterned Fe-Cu-Pt films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, as needed for a combination of HAMR and BPM, by deposition through a PMMA mask, a lift-off process and subsequent annealing was investigated as well. The results indicate that the chosen approach might not lead to the required (001) texture when the nanostructures are small enough to compete with today's recording densities, so that either a continuous film might need to be etched after annealing or a seed layer might be required to induce the texture.:1. Motivation: Magnetic Data Storage 2. Experimental Techniques 3. Co/Pd Multilayers on Prepatterned Substrates 4. Fe-Pt and Fe-Cu-Pt Alloys 5. Rapid Thermal Annealing of FePt and FePt/Cu Films 6. Order Parameter Calculation 7. Summary
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Theoretical investigation of size effects in multiferroic nanoparticles

Allen, Marc Alexander 05 August 2020 (has links)
Over the last two decades, great progress has been made in the understanding of multiferroic materials, ones where multiple long-range orders simultaneously exist. However, much of the research has focused on bulk systems. If these materials are to be incorporated into devices, they would not be in bulk form, but would be miniaturized, such as in nanoparticle form. Accordingly, a better understanding of multiferroic nanoparticles is necessary. This manuscript examines the multiferroic phase diagram of multiferroic nanoparticles related to system size and surface-induced magnetic anisotropy. There is a particular focus on bismuth ferrite, the room-temperature antiferromagnetic-ferroelectric multiferroic. Theoretical results will be presented which show that at certain sizes, a bistability develops in the cycloidal wavevector. This implies bistability in the ferroelectric and magnetic moments of the nanoparticles. This novel magnetoelectric bistability may be of use in the creation of an electrically-written, magnetically-read memory element. / Graduate

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