The graphite encapsulated a-Fe particles were prepared by reduction of stage-2 and stage-3 FeCI3 graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) with metallic potassium, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), energy dispersive...The graphite encapsulated a-Fe particles were prepared by reduction of stage-2 and stage-3 FeCI3 graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) with metallic potassium, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) investigation and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation show that the reduction products of stage-2 FeCl3-GICs contains more abundant a-Fe nanoparticles than those of stage-3. High-resolution TEM (HRTEM) observation reveals that the nanoparticle of a-Fe was polycrystals or twins, which was real or quasi two-dimension in shape, and whose space orientation was strictly controlled by the graphene. Based on the experiment results, a possible growth model of the graphite encapsulated ct-Fe was proposed.展开更多
The proliferation of mobile devices in society accessing data via the "cloud" is imposing a dramatic increase in the amount of information to be stored on hard disk drives (HDD) used in servers. Forecasts are that...The proliferation of mobile devices in society accessing data via the "cloud" is imposing a dramatic increase in the amount of information to be stored on hard disk drives (HDD) used in servers. Forecasts are that areal densities will need to increase by as much as 35% compound per annum and by 2,020 cloud storage capacity will be around 7 zettabytes corresponding to areal densities of 2 Tb/in^2. This requires increased performance from the magnetic pole of the electromag- netic writer in the read/write head in the HDD. Current state-of-art writing is undertaken by morphologically complex magnetic pole of sub 100 nm dimensions, in an environment of engineered magnetic shields and it needs to deliver strong directional magnetic field to areas on the recording media around 50 nm × 13 nm. This points to the need for a method to perform direct quantitative measurements of the magnetic field generated by the write pole at the nanometer scale. Here we report on the complete in situ quantitative mapping of the magnetic field generated by a functioning write pole in operation using electron holography. The results point the way towards a new nanoscale magnetic field source to further develop in situ transmission electron microscopy.展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (No.2004ABA090)the Fund from the Chengguang Plan of Wuhan(No.20065004116-35)
文摘The graphite encapsulated a-Fe particles were prepared by reduction of stage-2 and stage-3 FeCI3 graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) with metallic potassium, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) investigation and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation show that the reduction products of stage-2 FeCl3-GICs contains more abundant a-Fe nanoparticles than those of stage-3. High-resolution TEM (HRTEM) observation reveals that the nanoparticle of a-Fe was polycrystals or twins, which was real or quasi two-dimension in shape, and whose space orientation was strictly controlled by the graphene. Based on the experiment results, a possible growth model of the graphite encapsulated ct-Fe was proposed.
文摘The proliferation of mobile devices in society accessing data via the "cloud" is imposing a dramatic increase in the amount of information to be stored on hard disk drives (HDD) used in servers. Forecasts are that areal densities will need to increase by as much as 35% compound per annum and by 2,020 cloud storage capacity will be around 7 zettabytes corresponding to areal densities of 2 Tb/in^2. This requires increased performance from the magnetic pole of the electromag- netic writer in the read/write head in the HDD. Current state-of-art writing is undertaken by morphologically complex magnetic pole of sub 100 nm dimensions, in an environment of engineered magnetic shields and it needs to deliver strong directional magnetic field to areas on the recording media around 50 nm × 13 nm. This points to the need for a method to perform direct quantitative measurements of the magnetic field generated by the write pole at the nanometer scale. Here we report on the complete in situ quantitative mapping of the magnetic field generated by a functioning write pole in operation using electron holography. The results point the way towards a new nanoscale magnetic field source to further develop in situ transmission electron microscopy.