Evidence for a high T-c magnetic amorphous polymorph obtained by swift heavy ion irradiation

Authors
Ghidini, M Nozieres, JP Bolzoni, F Suran, G Gregg, JF Gervais, B
Citation
M. Ghidini et al., Evidence for a high T-c magnetic amorphous polymorph obtained by swift heavy ion irradiation, NUCL INST B, 146(1-4), 1998, pp. 260-264
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
ISSN journal
0168583X → ACNP
Volume
146
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
260 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(199812)146:1-4<260:EFAHTM>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The intermetallic compound CeCo3 has been irradiated at GANIL by 1 GeV Pb-2 08 ion beams. The irradiated samples are found to be strongly amorphised. A track diameter of 8 nm is found. The magnetic properties of the irradiatio n induced CeCo3 amorphous phase have been studied in detail and found subst antially different with respect to those of amorphous CeCo3 obtained by con ventional methods. In particular, an increase of about 200 K in the Curie t emperature is observed, suggesting that a different type of chemical short range order might have been stabilized by irradiation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sc ience B.V. All rights reserved.