1. (Keynote Paper) Mono-Domain Ferrites and Their Implications
- Author
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P. J. van der Zaag
- Subjects
010302 applied physics ,Materials science ,Condensed matter physics ,Magnetic domain ,Dissipation ,01 natural sciences ,Grain size ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Domain wall (magnetism) ,0103 physical sciences ,Domain (ring theory) ,Particle ,Neutron ,Crystallite ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Abstract
Neutron depolarization experiments have shown that the intragranular magnetic domain structure of polycrystalline ferrites exhibits a marked grain size dependence. Below a grain size of around $3~\mu \text{m}$ , the magnetic domain structure changes from the two-domain to the mono-domain state. Ferrites composed of mono-domain grains exhibit low dissipation at megahertz frequencies. This is attributed to the absence of intragranular domain wall movement, i.e., a microscopic origin for dissipation in ferrites has been identified. The implications of this clear observation and evidence for a transition from the mono- to two-domain state in ferrites for micromagnetic theory when a single particle becomes monodomain, as well as for the initial permeability mechanisms in polycrystalline ferrites, are discussed.
- Published
- 2020