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Electronic properties and structure of selected rare earth and uranium compounds: influence of impurities
Pospíšil, Jiří ; Sechovský, Vladimír (advisor) ; Schneeweiss, Oldřich (referee) ; Sedmidubský, David (referee)
Title: Electronic properties and structure of selected rare earth and uranium compounds; influence of impurities Author: Jiří Pospíšil Abstract: This thesis is devoted to studies of influence of impurities and/or chemical varieties on magnetic and superconducting properties of selected metallic materials containing rare earth and uranium. The research generally consisted of the defined preparation of studied materials, detailed composition and structure characterisation, experiments focussed on determination of mutually related magnetic, transport and thermal properties followed by data analysis of relations between material composition/quality and material properties. The technology phase was carried out in two ways - 1) preparation of the best pure materials as possible and 2) controlled doping of pure materials. Three main study cases have been chosen: SmPd2Al3 - the representative of the complex magnetism of the Sm3+ ion, the so far unexplored superconductor YPd2Al3 were selected as the RE materials candidates and the controversial ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe. The key ingredient of the initial technology phase was the refining the commercially available best element metals to the laboratory best achievable purity grade by the unique Solid State Electrotransport (SSE) method. SSE has been also...
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Magnetic nanoparticles and nanocomposites with spinel structure, their preparation and characterization
Holec, Petr ; Nižňanský, Daniel (advisor) ; Šubrt, Jan (referee) ; Sedmidubský, David (referee)
This work presents the preparation and physical properties of spinel nanoparticles and nanocomposites. All nanocomposites in diamagnetic matrix like chromites CoCr2O4, CuCr2O4, NiCr2O4, ZnCr2O4 and ferrite MgFe2O4 were prepared using sol-gel method. On the other hand, isolated nanoparticles such as MgCr2O4, MnCr2O4, CuCr2O4, NiCr2O4, and FeCr2O4, were prepared using autocombustion a co-precipitation methods. CoFe2O4 and MgFe2O4 were prepared by microemulsion alkoxide method. This microemulsion method was used for the spinel nanoparticles preparation for the first time. This work describes the influence of heat treatment temperature on the final particle size and influence of particle size on physical properties of material. The study of the influence of twovalent cationt in the spinel structure on the magnetic properties of chromites was also carried out. The final samples were characterized by XRD powder diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and HRTEM. The dependence of magnetization on applied magnetic field at constant temperature and ZFC (zero-field cooling) - FC (field cooling) measurement was carried out on the prepared sample.
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Magnetic insulators with hexagonal and cubic structure
Soroka, Miroslav ; Tyrpekl, Václav (advisor) ; Pinkas, Jiří (referee) ; Sedmidubský, David (referee)
Title: Magnetic insulators with hexagonal and cubic structure Author: Mgr. Miroslav Soroka Department: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University of Prague Supervisor: RNDr. Václav Tyrpekl, Ph.D. Consultants: Ing. Josef Buršík, CSc., RNDr. Karel Knížek, Dr. Abstract The presented work deals with the preparation of thin films of transition metal oxides by chemical solution deposition method and the study of their physical properties. Thin films of Z-type (Sr3-xBaxCo2Fe24O41) and W-type (SrCo2-xZnxFe16O27) hexaferrites were prepared with the intention of studying magnetic properties, magneto-electric effect (ME) and spin Seebeck effect (SSE). The study of SSE in hexaferrites as a spin-caloritronic phenomenon was extended by the study of SSE in ε-Fe2-xAlxO3 films and the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) in La0.7Sr0.3CoO3. Several types of deposition precursors were used for the preparation of thin films: metal alkoxides, 2-ethylhexanoic acid salts and metal citrate complexes. Synthetized materials were structurally characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (pXRD). The texture and orientation relation of the prepared films with substrate were characterized by ω-curves and φ-scan measurements. Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and atomic force microscopy were used to...
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Structure and thermoelectric properties of layered cobaltates
Soroka, Miroslav ; Nižňanský, Daniel (advisor) ; Sedmidubský, David (referee)
The synthesis of NaxCoO2 by Pechini method (with initial sodium stoichiometry x = 1.0, 0.9, 0.8, and 0.7) was studied for the samples heat-treated in the temperature range from 550 řC to 750 řC. The structure characterization and phase composition was carried out by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The elementary analysis was done using atomic absorption spectroscopy. From the thermoelectric properties, the Seebeck coefficient was measured for both α- and γ- phase. The Weiss constant was determined for α- and γ- phase by linear regression of 1/χ. The real sodium content in sodium cobaltate phase was found to be independent on initial sodium precursor weight and measurement by PXRD and Seebeck coefficient showed that the sodium content in NaxCoO2 falls in the range from x = 0.65 to 0.75. The magnetization measurements showed presence of spinel Co3O4 impurities in the samples and the analysis of magnetic susceptibility showed unusual high values of the Weiss constant for α- phase in comparison with structurally similar γ- NaxCoO2. Thin film of NaxCoO2 with initial sodium stoichiometry x = 1.0, 0.52, 0.32, and 0.175 was deposited by chemical solution deposition method using spin-coating deposition on a 00l-oriented α-Al2O3 single crystal substrate. The formation and structure characterization of...
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Magnetic nanoparticles and nanocomposites with spinel structure, their preparation and characterization
Holec, Petr ; Nižňanský, Daniel (advisor) ; Šubrt, Jan (referee) ; Sedmidubský, David (referee)
This work presents the preparation and physical properties of spinel nanoparticles and nanocomposites. All nanocomposites in diamagnetic matrix like chromites CoCr2O4, CuCr2O4, NiCr2O4, ZnCr2O4 and ferrite MgFe2O4 were prepared using sol-gel method. On the other hand, isolated nanoparticles such as MgCr2O4, MnCr2O4, CuCr2O4, NiCr2O4, and FeCr2O4, were prepared using autocombustion a co-precipitation methods. CoFe2O4 and MgFe2O4 were prepared by microemulsion alkoxide method. This microemulsion method was used for the spinel nanoparticles preparation for the first time. This work describes the influence of heat treatment temperature on the final particle size and influence of particle size on physical properties of material. The study of the influence of twovalent cationt in the spinel structure on the magnetic properties of chromites was also carried out. The final samples were characterized by XRD powder diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and HRTEM. The dependence of magnetization on applied magnetic field at constant temperature and ZFC (zero-field cooling) - FC (field cooling) measurement was carried out on the prepared sample.
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Electronic properties and structure of selected rare earth and uranium compounds: influence of impurities
Pospíšil, Jiří ; Sechovský, Vladimír (advisor) ; Schneeweiss, Oldřich (referee) ; Sedmidubský, David (referee)
Title: Electronic properties and structure of selected rare earth and uranium compounds; influence of impurities Author: Jiří Pospíšil Abstract: This thesis is devoted to studies of influence of impurities and/or chemical varieties on magnetic and superconducting properties of selected metallic materials containing rare earth and uranium. The research generally consisted of the defined preparation of studied materials, detailed composition and structure characterisation, experiments focussed on determination of mutually related magnetic, transport and thermal properties followed by data analysis of relations between material composition/quality and material properties. The technology phase was carried out in two ways - 1) preparation of the best pure materials as possible and 2) controlled doping of pure materials. Three main study cases have been chosen: SmPd2Al3 - the representative of the complex magnetism of the Sm3+ ion, the so far unexplored superconductor YPd2Al3 were selected as the RE materials candidates and the controversial ferromagnetic superconductor UCoGe. The key ingredient of the initial technology phase was the refining the commercially available best element metals to the laboratory best achievable purity grade by the unique Solid State Electrotransport (SSE) method. SSE has been also...
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