The effect of random competing single-ion anisotropies in antiferromagnets was studied using epitaxial MnxNi1−xF2 antiferromagnetic thin film alloys grown via molecular beam epitaxy. The crystal structure of this mate...
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The effect of random competing single-ion anisotropies in antiferromagnets was studied using epitaxial MnxNi1−xF2 antiferromagnetic thin film alloys grown via molecular beam epitaxy. The crystal structure of this material is tetragonal for all values of x, and the Mn sites have a magnetic easy-axis single-ion anisotropy while the Ni sites have an easy-plane anisotropy perpendicular to the Mn easy axis. Crystallographic and magnetization measurements demonstrated that the thin film alloys were homogeneously mixed and did not phase separate into their constituent parts. Pure MnF2 thin films epitaxially grown on MgF2 exhibited compressive strain along all three crystallographic axes which resulted in piezomagnetic effects. The piezomagnetism disappeared if the film was grown on a (MnNi)F2 graded buffer layer. A mean-field theory fit to the transition temperature as a function of the Mn concentration x, which takes into account piezomagnetic effects, gave a magnetic exchange constant between Mn and Ni ions of JMnNi=0.305±0.003meV. Mean-field theory calculations also predicted the existence of an oblique antiferromagnetic phase in the MnxNi1−xF2 alloy which agreed with the experimental data. A magnetic phase diagram for MnxNi1−xF2 thin film alloys was constructed and showed evidence for the existence of two unique magnetic phases, in addition to the ordinary antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases: an oblique antiferromagnetic phase, and an emergent magnetic phase proposed to be either a magnetic glassy phase or a helical phase. The phase diagram is quantitatively different from that of FexNi1−xF2 because of the much larger single-ion anisotropy of Fe2+ compared to Mn2+.
To date, the high cost of organic linkers and the energy-consuming synthesis processes remain two of the main challenges for the commercialization of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Herein, we demonstrate that polyet...
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The implementation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a photocatalyst material in hydrogen (H2) evolution reaction (HER) has embarked renewed interest in the past decade. Rapid electron-hole pairs recombination and wide ba...
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Metal additive manufacturing processes pose a daunting challenge in defining optimal process parameters that yield porosity defect-free, dense parts. This is particularly true in refractory metals, where high melting ...
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Selecting materials for hybrid cathodes for batteries, which involve a combination of intercalation and conversion materials, has gained interest due to their combined synergistic and compromised properties that are n...
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Selecting materials for hybrid cathodes for batteries, which involve a combination of intercalation and conversion materials, has gained interest due to their combined synergistic and compromised properties that are not attainable by their homogeneous counterparts. Herein, we present a data-driven, chemistry-agnostic, and inverse material design framework for discovering hybrid cathode materials (HCMs) for metal-based batteries. This framework systematically explores the potential materials space for any given working ion, evaluates the candidate’s stability, and identifies the growth modes/adsorption of the components for a stable hybrid cathode. To demonstrate the application of the framework and its various possible outcomes, we performed a case study, for which the main design objective was to discover HCMs with an average gravimetric energy density surpassing that of the widely used high energy density NMC333 cathode material. The framework identified LiCr4GaS8-Li2S as a promising HCM that achieves an average energy density of 1,424 Wh/kg (on a lithiated cathode basis) that exceeds NMC333’s maximum theoretical energy density of 1,028 Wh/kg. The identified material has several additional desirable features: 1) possession of thermodynamically stable lithiated and delithiated intercalation and conversion phases;2) minimal volume change, upon (de)lithiation, that mitigates the high-volume change of the conversion material;3) high energy density that ameliorates the low energy density of the intercalation material;4) ability of the intercalation component to act as both a conductive additive and immobilizer of S, while simultaneously contributing to the total cathode energy density;5) the intercalation material serves as an ideal support for the soft sulfur species and finally, 6) we anticipate that the life span, self-discharge, mechanical integrity, and capacity fading are better than those of conventional Li-S batteries. The developed framework was instrumental f
The utilization of femtosecond laser pulses in synthesizing silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) poses great potential in producing stable nanostructures with chemically pure surfaces and easy-to- manipulate optical propertie...
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The flourishing field of light-powered micro/nanorotors provides promising strategies for manufacturing and biomedical needs. However, the torque of optical rotors typically arises from the momentum exchange with phot...
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This work introduces an approach to compute periodic phase diagram of micromagnetic systems by solving a periodic linearized Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation using an eigenvalue solver with the Finite Element Me...
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The goal of most materials discovery is to discover materials that are superior to those currently known. Fundamentally, this is close to extrapolation, which is a weak point for most machine learning models that lear...
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