GOALI/FRG: Nanoscale Magnetic Measurements in Doped Oxides

非技术描述：这个大学-工业研究项目开创了先进能源相关陶瓷的纳米级磁力测量技术。 这项工作是预测的事实，即显着不同的磁响应将引起陶瓷在不同的材料状态，使纳米级的物理现象，以前无法访问的调查。 主要的科学目标是将陶瓷材料的不同磁响应与纳米尺度结构特征相关联。 这些结果将对许多技术能源应用产生广泛的影响，这些应用在理解和控制纳米级现象方面存在挑战，但也有望通过帮助推进基于磁性的测量来影响陶瓷界。 工业合作伙伴Quantum Design是磁性设备行业的领导者，并将在项目期间吸引学生。 学生们还将组织和运行在陶瓷与行业，教师和当地社区成员的参与年度校园会议。 技术规格：设计了一个系统的实验研究计划，将掺杂陶瓷氧化物的磁性行为与纳米尺度特征相关联，这些特征将用一套材料表征工具独立测量，并用动力学和热力学理论解释。 该研究基于这样的事实，即掺杂陶瓷的磁响应对不同的内部材料状态高度敏感：（1）未掺杂陶瓷;（2）掺杂陶瓷内溶液中的金属离子;（3）金属离子作为氧化物;以及（4）金属颗粒。 两种基质陶瓷，一种基于ZrO 2，一种基于钙钛矿结构，掺杂有各种过渡金属（Ni，Co和Fe），以产生各种表现出不同磁响应的结构。 该研究为提高磁测量的纳米计量水平奠定了基础。 学生将参与并接受开发的潜在变革性磁力学表征工具的培训。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This university-industry research project pioneers nanoscale magnetometry measurement techniques for advanced energy-related ceramics. The work is predicated by the fact that markedly different magnetic responses will be elicited for ceramics in different materials states, allowing an investigation of nanoscale physical phenomena that have been previously inaccessible. The main scientific objective is to correlate the different magnetic response of ceramic materials with nanoscale-structure features. The results will have broad implication across many technical energy applications where challenges exist in understanding and controlling nanoscale phenomena, but are also expected to impact the ceramics community by helping to advance the metrology of magnetic based measurements. The industrial partner, Quantum Design, is a leader in the magnetic equipment industry and will engage students during the project. The students will also organize and run an annual on-campus conference in ceramics with participation from industry, faculty and members of the local community. TECHNICAL DETAILS: A systematic experimental research program is designed to correlate the magnetic behavior of doped ceramic oxides with nanoscale features that will be independently measured with a suite of materials characterization tools and interpreted with kinetics and thermodynamics theory. The research is based on the fact that the magnetic response of doped ceramics is highly sensitive to different internal material states: (1) the undoped ceramic; (2) metallic ions in solution within the doped ceramic; (3) metallic ions as an oxide; and (4) metal particles. Two host ceramics, one based on ZrO2 and one based on the perovskite structure, are doped with various transition metals (Ni, Co, and Fe) to create a variety of structures that exhibit different magnetic responses. The research lays the foundation to advance the state of nanoscale metrology for magnetometry. Students will be engaged and trained in the potentially transformative magnetometry characterization tools developed.