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Microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) [1] has attracted much attention as one of the recording techniques for the ultra-high-density recording. Theoretical analysis of microwave-assisted magnetization switching (MAS) was studied in the case when DC field was applied parallel to the anisotropy direction [2, 3], which indicated that the effect of microwave assistance was explained by the equivalent magnetic field applied along anisotropy axis given by ω/γHk. However, the analysis of MAS is quite complex when DC field is applied non-parallel to the anisotropy axis. This study proposes an approximated estimation method when DC field is applied non-parallel to the anisotropy axis.&lt;br&gt;
Fig. 1 shows the schematic drawing of the normalized equivalent field, ω/γHk due to magnetization dynamics. Normalized DC field (hDC) is applied at θ with respect to the anisotropy axis. Circular polarized normalized field (hAC) is applied in the x-y plane. Here, the angle of the precession axis φ is approximated by the average of φ1 and φ2 which stand for the angles between the anisotropy axis and the magnetization directions at the maximum mx and the minimum mx, respectively. The direction of the equivalent field is defined to be anti-parallel to the precession axis in this study. In our previous study, we confirmed the in-plane and z components of the normalized effective fields were approximated by Eqs. (1). These equations well explained micromagnetic calculation and the resultant switching fields (hSW) well agreed with the asteroid curve Eq. (2).&lt;br&gt;
hxy =hDCsinθ - ω/γHksinφ +hAC , hxy =hDCcosθ - ω/γHkcosφ Eqs. (1)
hxy2/3 + hz2/3 = 1 Eq. (2)
Hence, hSW is given by φ. φ1 and φ2 are obtained from the equilibrium condition (∂E/∂φ1,2 =0) of the magnetic energy defined by Zeeman and anisotropy energy. Fig. 2 compares the approximation and micromagnetic calculation for various θ when hAC is 0.05. hSW are plotted as a function of the microwave frequency lower than critical frequency. The error between the approximation and micromagnetic simulation is less than 2% which is quite small.&lt;br&gt;
**References:**&lt;br&gt;[1] Jian-Gang Zhu, et al., IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 44, pp.125-131 (2008).&lt;br&gt;
[2] G. Bertotti, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 86-4, pp. 724-727 (2001).&lt;br&gt;
[3] S. Okamoto, et al., J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 107, 123914 (2010).&lt;br&gt;

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Fig. 1 Schematic illustrations for the equivalent field.&lt;br&gt;
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Fig. 2 Comparison between approximation and micromagnetic simulations.&lt;br&gt;

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Approximation of microwave assisted magnetization switching field applied with incident angle

Microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) [1] has attracted much attention as one of the recording techniques for the ultra-high-density recording. Theoretical analysis of microwave-assisted magnetization switching (MAS) was studied in the case when DC field was applied parallel to the anisotropy direction [2, 3], which indicated that the effect of microwave assistance was explained by the equivalent magnetic field applied along anisotropy axis given by ω/γHk. However, the analysis of MAS is quite complex when DC field is applied non-parallel to the anisotropy axis. This study proposes an approximated estimation method when DC field is applied non-parallel to the anisotropy axis. 
Fig. 1 shows the schematic drawing of the normalized equivalent field, ω/γHk due to magnetization dynamics. Normalized DC field (hDC) is applied at θ with respect to the anisotropy axis. Circular polarized normalized field (hAC) is applied in the x-y plane. Here, the angle of the precession axis φ is approximated by the average of φ1 and φ2 which stand for the angles between the anisotropy axis and the magnetization directions at the maximum mx and the minimum mx, respectively. The direction of the equivalent field is defined to be anti-parallel to the precession axis in this study. In our previous study, we confirmed the in-plane and z components of the normalized effective fields were approximated by Eqs. (1). These equations well explained micromagnetic calculation and the resultant switching fields (hSW) well agreed with the asteroid curve Eq. (2). 
hxy =hDCsinθ - ω/γHksinφ +hAC , hxy =hDCcosθ - ω/γHkcosφ Eqs. (1)
hxy2/3 + hz2/3 = 1 Eq. (2)
Hence, hSW is given by φ. φ1 and φ2 are obtained from the equilibrium condition (∂E/∂φ1,2 =0) of the magnetic energy defined by Zeeman and anisotropy energy. Fig. 2 compares the approximation and micromagnetic calculation for various θ when hAC is 0.05. hSW are plotted as a function of the microwave frequency lower than critical frequency. The error between the approximation and micromagnetic simulation is less than 2% which is quite small. 
**References:** [1] Jian-Gang Zhu, et al., IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 44, pp.125-131 (2008). 
[2] G. Bertotti, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 86-4, pp. 724-727 (2001). 
[3] S. Okamoto, et al., J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 107, 123914 (2010). 

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Fig. 1 Schematic illustrations for the equivalent field. 
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Fig. 2 Comparison between approximation and micromagnetic simulations.

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In bit patterned media recording (BPMR), the areal density is increased by reducing the distance between the magnetic islands. Thus, the BPMR faces a two-dimensional (2D) interference problem. To solve the 2D interference, the output of the BPMR channel is passed through the equalizer to convert it into the desired signal, which has the known coefficient interference. However, mapping between the output of the BPMR channel and the desired signal is a nonlinear problem. Therefore, the nonlinear equalizer based on neural network structure is proposed in [1]. However, because the training process is too complicated, the equalizer based on the neural network is used to estimate the 1D generalized partial response (GPR) target. To improve the equalizer based on the neural network, we introduce the neural network equalizer and method to train the neural network equalizer with a 2D GPR target. In the proposed model (Fig. 1), firstly, we use the method in [2] to estimate the parameters of the serial target (step 0). These target coefficients are kept to create the desired signal d[j,k] as the label for the training process of the neural network. To train the neural network, we use the received signal y[j,k] as the input and the signal d[j,k] as the label (step 1). Next, we re-train the target’s coefficients by using the trained neural network to create the y[j,k] as the label and the modulated signal a[j,k] as the input (step 2). Finally, the neural network is re-trained using the target coefficients from step 2 and remaking step 1 (step 3). Therefore, the GPR target is optimized by the nonlinear equalizer of the multi-layer perceptron (MLP). The results from the simulations (Fig. 2) show that our proposed model improves the bit error ratio (BER) performance compared to the previous studies [1] and [2] after re-training the neural network at step 3. 
**References:** [1] J. Shen and N. Nangare, “Nonlinear Equalization for TDMR Channels Using Neural Networks,” 2020 54th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2020, pp. 1-6. 
[2] T. A. Nguyen and J. Lee, “Effective Generalized Partial Response Target and Serial Detector for Two-Dimensional Bit-Patterned Media Recording Channel Including Track Mis-Registration,” Appl. Sci., 2020. 

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Fig.1. Diagram of the proposed model. 
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Fig. 2. BER performance of the proposed model.

Optimization of Two Dimensional Generalized Partial Response Target Using Multi

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a safe, effective and non-invasive treatment for several psychiatric and neurological disorders. TMS is FDA approved treatment for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders [1]–[3]. Lately, there has been a research surge in utilizing this novel technology in treating other neurological and psychiatric ailments. The application of TMS on other several neurological disorders requires the magnetic flux density and electrical field to be focal and targeted to a small region in the brain [4]. Multiple coil designs have been introduced in the literature to improve the focality of TMS coils, whereas, slight few numbers of these designs have adapted soft magnetic materials as coil cores to focus the magnetic flux. In this study, several soft magnetic materials will be investigated as TMS coil cores both in Finite Element Simulations and experimentally on rat head model. 
Finite element analysis of the rat head model will be done using Sim4life while investigating variations associated with changing the coil core material. In addition to investigate the effect of adding a V- shape tip to the core with 2 different angels 60 and 120 degrees [5]. Materials proposed for the analysis in this study include but not limited to Iron Cobalt Vanadium alloy (FeCoV), AISI 1010 Carbon Steel and Manganese Zinc ferrites (MnZn). Magnetic Properties of these materials will be characterized using Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) to ensure using accurate magnetic properties in our simulations. 
Simulation results are presented below in (Fig. 2), indicating significant E-Field distribution variation when introducing a ferromagnetic core in TMS coil, concentrating the E-Field to the targeted region in rat head model without stimulating adjacent regions. It was observed that the relative permeability of the core material affects the focality of the stimulation significantly.
Acknowledgment: Authors acknowledge Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Central Virginia Node Grant # FP00010500. 
**References:** [1] M. S. George et al. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 507–516, May 2010 
[2] D. W. Dodick, C. T. Schembri, M. Helmuth, and S. K. Aurora Headache J. Head Face Pain, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 1153–1163, Jul. 2010 
[3] O. of the Commissioner, FDA, Mar. 24, 2020. 
[4] J. Selvaraj, P. Rastogi, N. Prabhu Gaunkar, R. L. Hadimani, and M. Mina IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 1–5, Nov. 2018 
[5] I. C. Carmona, D. Kumbhare, M. S. Baron, and R. L. Hadimani, AIP Adv., vol. 11, no. 2, p. 025210, Feb. 2021 

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Figure 1: TMS coil postion on rat head model. 
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Figure 2: E-Field distribution simulation results. Left: E-Field distribution without ferromagnetic core. Right: E-Field distribution including a ferromagnetic core.

Investigation of Soft Magnetic Material Cores in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coils and the Effect of Changing Core Shapes on the Induced Electrical Field in Small Animals

In the last years, the railway industry has been one of the leading sectors in the research of alternatives to reduce the costs associated with maintenance. The components of railway tracks suffer huge amounts of pressure that could compromise railway safety and must be revised, repaired and renew frequently according to strict criteria. In the case of the sleeper, the maximum stress allowed by the different authorities is in the order of ∼100 MPa [1] before substitution. Currently, the main testing procedures are based on visual inspection or in situ measurements, making maintenance procedures economically inefficient. 

With the development of industry 4.0, researchers have been studying the fabrication of smart-sleepers capable of monitoring the sleeper structural stress in real-time [2]. Current technology makes extensive use of expensive optical fiber based instruments [2,3]. Thus, making it difficult to extend its use to big extensions of railway lines. 

Magnetic microwires fabricated by the Taylor-Ulitovsky technique appear in this context as an alternative for smart-sleeper technology. The microwires obtained using this technique are characterized by their small cross section (d =0 .5-40 µm), environment insulation thanks to the glass-coating and high sensitivity to external stimuli [4]. These properties, along with their cheap fabrication costs has motivated the study of this microwires for structural measurements in concrete structures similar to concrete sleepers [5]. 

In this work we show the possibility of glass coated magnetic microwires of working as railway monitorization devices. This is done by measuring the effect of longitudinal stress on the hysteresis loops of several Co- and Fe-rich microwires with different compositions. By analyzing the hysteresis loops, as shown in Fig 1 and Fig 2, we are able to obtain a calibration function that relates the coercitive field, Hc, with the applied stress over a wide applied stresses range. 
**References:** [1] Parvez A., Foster, S. J., Engineering Structures, Vol 141, p 241-250, (2017). 
[2] Jing G. et al., Construction and Building Materials, Vol 271, 121533, (2021). 
[3] Butler et al., Structural Health Monitoring, Vol 17(3), p 635-653, (2018). 
[4] Corte-Leon P. et al, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol 789, p 201-208. (2019) 
[5] Olivera, J., et al (2019. Sensors, Vol 19(21), 4685 (2019) 

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Figure 1: Response of wire Fe4.39 Co65.12 Si6.79 Cr8.88 Mo0.15 to stress a) Hysteresis loop evolution. b) Microwire calibration function. 
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Figure 2: Response of wire Fe66.99 Si6.45 Nb5.79 Ni1.13 upon to stress a) Hysteresis loop evolution. b) Microwire calibration function.

Effect of Applied Stresses on Magnetic Properties of Co and Fe rich Glass

Amorphous ferromagnetic glass-coated microwires are known for their excellent magnetic properties, such as magnetic softness, ultrafast magnetization switching and the giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) effect. Said properties, as well as the hysteresis loop shape and domain structure of as-prepared microwires are strongly affected by the magnetostriction constant [1]. However, these properties are prone to change after submitting the microwires to different annealing processes and/or external stimulus, and are dependent on the sample’s geometry [1,2]. The combination and manipulation of these parameters are widely studied to adapt magnetic microwires to new technological applications. 

Fe-rich microwires commonly exhibit bistable magnetic behaviour and poor GMI values. Past experiments on thin Fe microwires have shown an enhancement on their GMI effect after current annealing of samples, with hints to a change in their magnetic domain structure [3]. However, while thin microwires are promising materials for development of microsensors, thicker ones are suitable for different applications, such as stress monitoring and tuneable composite materials. Thus, a study of Fe-rich, thick microwires is carried out. 

A Fe71.8B13.27Si11.02Nb2.99Ni0.92 glass-coated microwire was produced, with metallic nucleus and total diameters d=47.9µm and D=63.2µm (ρ=d/D≈0.8). While short (12cm, same lenght as the pick-up coil used for measurement) samples show regular squared hysteresis loops, common for Fe microwires, asymmetric hysteresis loops are observed in 24cm long samples (Figure 1.a). Current annealing results in coercivity, Hc, increasing in both samples, being most noticeable for the long one (Figure 1.b). 

On the other hand, GMI measurement yields an unexpected result, as, while its current annealing results in a proportionally smaller GMI ratio, ΔZ/Z, enhancement than that obtained on thin ones, the as-prepared microwire shows much higher ΔZ/Z -values and a double peak structure, usually denoting a different domain structure (Figure 2). 
**References:** [1]: V. Zhukova, M. Churyukanova, A. Talaat, et al. Effect of stress-induced anisotropy on high frequency magnetoimpedance effect of Fe and Co-rich glass-coated microwires. J. Alloys Compound, Vol. 735, p.1818-1825 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.235 
[2]: V. Zhukova, J.J. del Val, L. Gonzalez-Legarreta, et al. Optimization of Soft Magnetic Properties in Nanocrystalline Fe-Rich Glass-Coated Microwires. JOM, Vol. 67, p.2108–2116 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-015-1546-x 
[3]: A. Gonzalez, M. Ipatov, P. Corte-Leon, et al. Effect of Joule heating on GMI and magnetic properties of Fe-rich glass-coated microwires, AIP Advances, Vol. 12, p.035021 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1063/9.0000290 

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Fig.1: a) hysteresis loops of annealed samples and b) coercive field dependence on annealing times. 
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Fig.2: GMI ratios of as-prepared and annealed a) thin and b) thick microwires.

Current Annealing Dependence of Magnetic Properties of Thick Fe rich Glass

Rapidly solidified submicronic amorphous glass-coated wires have been extensively investigated recently due to their unique combination of reduced diameters (100 to 900 nm), very long sample length (10-2 to 103 m), and bistable magnetic behavior, suitable for both sensing and magnetic logic applications [1].
Here we report on the interaction between domain walls that propagate inside amorphous (Co0.94Fe0.06)72.5Si12.5B15 glass-coated submicronic wires with nearly zero magnetostriction (λ = -1 × 10-7). 
The experimental set-up relies on six pick-up coils (C2 through C7) distributed evenly along the wire and two nucleation coils (C1 and C8) placed at its ends, the entire system being in a long magnetizing solenoid. If there is no signal in the nucleation coils, the sample magnetization reverses from one end (C1) to the other (C8), with only one propagating domain wall being detected successively by the pick-up coils: C2 → C3 → C4 → C5 → C6 → C7.
By applying synchronized rectangular nucleation signals in C1 and C8, magnetization reversal starts at both wire ends. Through the signal amplitudes, we adjusted the time interval between the generation of the two domain walls moving towards each other, and, in this way, the location on the wire axis where the two domain walls would collide. The collision results in a double amplitude peak within one of the pick-up coils, as compared to the peak that corresponds to a single domain wall passing through such a coil. By keeping the nucleation signal constant in C1 at 0.5 mA and varying the signal in C8 between 0.1 and 0.9 mA, one can relocate the domain wall interaction point in any pick-up coil. Fig. 1 shows the displacement of the collision point for an amorphous sample with 750 nm in diameter. 
The results show that the interaction of domain walls in such small diameter cylindrical amorphous wires is fully controllable, which is vital for magnetic logic applications.
Work supported by the Romanian Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI) through project PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2020-1856 MaDWallS (contract PCE1/2021). 
**References:** [1] S. Corodeanu, C. Hlenschi, C. Rotarescu, H. Chiriac, N. Lupu, T.-A. Óvári, J. Alloy. Compd., Vol. 905, 164260 (2022). 

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Fig. 1. Displacement of domain walls interaction point for an amorphous submicronic wire with 750 nm in diameter.

Controlled Domain Wall Interactions in Nearly Zero Magnetostrictive Amorphous Submicronic Wires

Studies of amorphous magnetic wires have become a traditional topic of applied magnetism owing to excellent magnetic properties and the development of prospective applications [1,2]. Taylor-Ulitovsky fabrication technique provides the broadest microwires diameters range together with improved corrosion, mechanical properties and biocompatibility related to the presence of the glass-coating [2,3]. However, the latter is a source of additional magnetoelastic anisotropy, Kme, which is one of the most important factors determining the magnetic properties of the amorphous materials. 
One effective method for evaluation of magnetic anisotropy in magnetic wires is the ferromagnetic resonance, FMR [2]. Additionally, FMR allows the evaluation of several material properties as saturation magnetization, g-factor, damping parameter, etc. [2,4].
We report experimental results of FMR and magnetic properties of various Fe and Co-based glass-coated microwires. We observed that the coercivity, Hc, of Co-Fe-rich microwires depends on the chemical composition: the highest Hc is observed for the microwire with highest Fe content. Such dependence must be attributed to Fe content influence on the magnetostriction coefficient, λs [3]. 
FMR spectra presents considerable dependence on resonance field, Hr, frequency, f (Fig.1) and Kme [4]. In all studied microwires Hr increases with f. Hr is also affected by the microwire diameter: the FMR spectra for microwires with similar chemical composition, but diameter almost an order of magnitude different are shown in Fig.2. On the other hand, even for the same λs (mostly determined by the chemical composition), Kme is affected by the value of the internal stresses, σi, that it is mostly determined by the ratio ρ, between metallic nucleus diameter, d, and total microwire diameter, D [3,4]. Therefore, the difference observed in FMR spectra must be attributed not only to different d, but also to the difference in σi. Additionally, in thin enough microwires the interface layer between the glass-coating and metallic nucleus can affect the FMR behavior [3]. 
**References:** [1] M. Knobel, M. Vázquez, L. Kraus, Giant Magnetoimpedance, in Handbook of Magnetic Materials, Elsevier, Vol. 15, p497 (2003). 
[2] K. Mohri, et al., IEEE Trans. Magn., Mag-26, p.1789 (1990). 
[3] A. Zhukov et al., J. Alloys Compd., Vol. 814, p. 152225 (2020), doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.1522250925-8388. 
[4] L. Kraus, Ferromagnetic resonance in individual wires: From micro- to nanowires, in Magnetic Nano- and Microwires (ed. M. Vázquez), Elsevier, ch. 15 (2015). 

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Fig.1. FMR spectra of Fe79B8Si10C3 microwire (d=19.2 μm). 
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Fig.2. FMR spectra of Fe74B13Si11C2 (d=19.2 μm) and Co2.25Fe72.75Si15B10 (d=2 μm) microwires.

Studies of FMR in amorphous glass–coated microwires

The magnetostrictive effect can be used in advanced magnetic field sensors, magnetoelectric antennas, non-reciprocal microwave devices and spin wave logic devices. Among the primary considerations in the design of these devices is Gilbert damping. However, a full understanding of the mechanisms which cause damping of magnetization dynamics in ferromagnets remains elusive. Of particular interest is whether magnetoelastic coupling contributes to the Gilbert damping in highly magnetostrictive films. There is no clear answer yet. Most studies have focused on yttrium iron garnet (YIG) film, which is weakly magnetostrictive. Recently, some researchers[1] reported a large anisotropy of the Gilbert damping in highly magnetrostrictive FeGa films, and the measured in-plane damping factors is one order of magnitude higher than the out-of-plane one. The result was attributed to the enhanced magnetoelastic contribution to the Gilbert damping, which is mitigated for perpendicular-to-plane fields. 
Amorphous FeCoSiB is a well-known soft magnetic material with excellent magnetostrictive properties. Here, we have prepared FeCoSiB(58nm)/Ti(5nm) film on Si substrate, and performed vector network analyzer ferromagnetic resonance (VNA-FMR) measurements using a coplanar waveguide from 10 to 300 K. The temperature-dependent in-plane Gilbert damping factor of the film is extracted and shown in Fig. 1. A very low Gilbert damping factor αGilbert of about 0.004 is observed at 300K. With the decrease of temperature, αGilbert firstly increases and then decreases, and reaches a peak value at ~40 K. The similar trend is also reported in the permalloy film with a TaN capping layer, and can be explained as bulk Gilbert damping and surface/interface damping. The bulk Gilbert damping is conductivitylike and comes from intraband scattering. However, the magnetoelastic damping αme contributed by magnetostriction and viscosity is not observed. 
**References:** [1] Peria W K, Wang X, Yu H, et al. Magnetoelastic Gilbert damping in magnetostrictive Fe0.7Ga0.3 thin films[J]. Physical Review B, 2021, 103(22): L220403. 

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Fig. 1 Measurement of Gilbert damping in FeCoSiB(58nm)/Ti(5nm) thin films. (a) VNA-FMR spectra at 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 GHz at 300 K, after background subtraction. (b) frequency dependent in-plane FMR linewidths. (c) temperature dependent Gilbert damping factor.

Temperature dependent intrinsic Gilbert damping in magnetostrictive FeCoSiB thin film

The nanocrystalline powders offer opportunities for the design of soft magnetic materials with improved magnetic properties (high saturation magnetization, high permeability, low magnetostriction) to be used for high frequency applications magnetic cores [1-4]. The aim of the work is to develop Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 powders with a high percentage of particles having the size in the range where nanocrystalline state is directly achieved, by using a new three-jet gas atomization technique (consisting in the use two jets of Ar gas and one jet of water), directed in such a configuration so that the molten alloy jet to be successively fragmented in droplets by the gas jets and further broken intro droplets and cooled by the liquid jet. Powders with the diameter size in the ranges 0-20 µm, 20-32 µm, 32-63 µm, and 63-100 µm have been prepared. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermomagnetic, and magnetic measurements have been performed to assess the structural and magnetic differences of powders between the groups of samples after sieving. The SEM images revealed the formation of particles with almost spherical shape. The X-Ray diffraction patterns show that in the range 0-32 µm the structure of particles is a mixture of amorphous and nanocrystalline phases, approx. 50 % of particles being in amorphous state, which is a quite high percentage. The magnetic measurements, performed using the Vibrating Sample Magnetometer technique (VSM) show that the Curie temperature increases from 350°C to 520°C and the saturation magnetization is between 130 to 145 emu/g. The coercive field, Hc, takes a very low value of 4 Oe for as-cast powders with the smallest diameter range, the value decreasing to down to under 2 Oe after annealing. These properties combined with good thermal stability, low cost price, the possibility to develop components with reduced dimensions/masses, make the amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys competitive and economic solutions in electronics, telecommunications, sensors, etc.
Work supported by the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization under NUCLEU Program – contract no. 33N/2019, project PN 19 28 01 01. 
**References:** [1] T. Suzuki, P. Sharma, and L. Jiang, IEEE Trans. Magn., Vol. 54, 2801705 (2018) 
[2] L. Chang, L. Xie, and M. Liu, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., Vol. 452, p. 442 (2018) 
[3] K.L. Alvarez, J.M. Martín, and M. Ipatov, J. Alloys Compd., Vol. 735, p. 2646 (2018) 
[4] K. L. Alvarez, H.A. Baghbaderani, and J.M. Martín, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., Vol. 501, 166457, (2020)

Synthesis of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Powders by a Three Jet Gas Liquid Technique

In recent years, magnetic nanoparticles have attracted attention and been actively discussed for biomedical applications. Mg-Zn ferrite nanoparticles embedded in amorphous SiO2 were synthesized using the wet chemical method, and their magnetic properties and transverse relaxation for application as a medium for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were examined. We previously found that these Mg-Zn ferrite nanoparticles exhibited significant hyperthermia effect for human breast cancer cells [1]. Namely, if this material shows function as a contrast agent for MRI, it is expected to be useful for both diagnosis and treatment as theranostics [2]. 
Image contrast in MRI is caused by the difference in MR signal due to the magnetic moment of the protons, which are hydrogen nuclei. That contrast depends on the proton density, T1 relaxation time, and T2 relaxation time. In this study, magnetic relaxation phenomena were analyzed by magnetization measurements and AC magnetic susceptibilities. The AC magnetic susceptibilities for various particle sizes of the Mg0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 nanoparticles were measured in the range of 150–350 K under an AC magnetic field of 1 Oe, 100 Hz. The temperature corresponding to the peak of χ” shifted to higher values as the particle size increased. Relaxation phenomena were evaluated using Cole-Cole plot analysis, and these samples were found to follow the Debye single-relaxation phenomenon. 
Spin-echo magnetic resonance measurements for Mg0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 nanoparticles with particle sizes between 8 and 20 nm were performed using a 0.3-T MRI system. The particles exhibited a significant T2 shortening effect compared with that of agarose as a background control. All particles exhibited effective relaxivity, R2, which was five times higher than that of the intrinsic core of conventional iron oxide agents of ferucarbotrans.
The results show that Mg-Zn ferrite nanoparticles embedded in amorphous SiO2 have the potential for theranostics applications. 
**References:** [1] Hamada, S., Aoki, K., Kodama, K., Nashimoto, and Ichiyanagi, Y., 2022. AC magnetic susceptibility and heat dissipation of Zn-doped Mg-ferrite nanoparticles. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 559 p.169539. 
[2] S.S. Kelkar, T.M. Reineke, 2011. Theranostics: Combining imaging and therapy, Bioconjug. Chem. 22 (10) Pp.1879–1903. 

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Fig1. Imaginary parts of the AC magnetic susceptibilities of Mg0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 for various particle sizes. 
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Fig.2 T2 relaxation curves of Mg0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4 nanoparticles nanoparticles. Iron oxides and agarose samples are shown for comparison.

Magnetic Relaxation and Magnetic Resonance Effect of Mg Zn Ferrite Nanoparticles

Along the advances of wide-bandgap power devices, the electrical equipment is developing toward higher switching frequencies and more complex switching modes in recent years [1]. Accurate prediction of the core loss of magnetic components has been a challenge for electrical equipment as the excitation varies depending on the operating mode of switched-mode power supplies [2]. However, few studies provide systems with variable-characteristic-parameters excitations [3]. It is not clear how the core loss of soft magnetic materials was affected by the characteristic parameters of complex non-sinusoidal excitations.
Therefore, this paper presents the results of an extensive core loss study performed on nanocrystalline alloy (FT-3KL), amorphous alloy (1K101) and ultra-thin oriented silicon steel (GT-50). Firstly, an automatic experimental setup for core loss measurement of soft magnetic materials fed by a SiC MOSFET full-bridge inverter is built, as shown in Fig 1. This setup can provide real-time voltage waveforms adjustment, data visualization and automatic post-processing, which makes the measurement more rapid and accurate. 
Then, the effect of characteristic parameters of square waveforms, rectangular waveforms contained zero-voltage, pulse-width-modulation (PWM) waveforms and sinusoidal-pulse-width-modulation (SPWM) waveforms on core loss are analyzed comparatively. For square and rectangular excitations, the core loss shows regular distributions with duty cycles and phase shift ratios. For SPWM excitations, the effect of the modulation ratios on the core loss is greater than that of the carrier ratios. Meanwhile, the SPWM excitation with bipolar modulation will produce greater loss than that with unipolar modulation. The results are partly shown in Fig 2. In addition, the regular distributions will be interfered by the severe switching oscillations from the inverter, which makes the prediction of core loss more complicated. This paper can provide reference for the performance optimization of high-frequency electrical equipment. 
**References:** [1] J. Wang, N. Rasekh and X. Yuan, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications., vol. 57, p.650-663 (2021) 
[2] E. Stenglein and T. Dürbaum, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics., vol. 57, p.1-10 (2021) 
[3] I. Sirotić, M. Kovačić and S. Stipetić, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications., vol. 57, p.4796-4804 (2021) 

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Fig 1: Schematic diagram of the experimental setup for core loss measurement. 
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Fig 2: Core loss of FT-3KL under SPWM excitations with variable modulation ratios.

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