Critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect in C -implanted Fe93Zr7 amorphous films

• We report on the effect of carbon ion-implantation on the critical behavior of Fe93Zr7 amorphous films. Both the as-grown and carbon-implanted Fe93Zr7 samples exhibit a second order ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition. The critical exponents were investigated through different techniques such as modified-Arrott plot, the critical isotherm analysis and the Windom scaling relation. Analysis of the critical behavior was presented in terms of the magnetocaloric effect around TC. While there is a significant increase of the magnetization and TC upon C-implantation, the critical exponents were only slightly affected by implantation and were in line with those of the 3D-Heisenberg model.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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Ion implantation

Amorphous films

Critical behavior

Second order magnetic transition

Magnetocaloric effect

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