Monte Carlo simulation of equilibrium L1_0 ordering in FePt nanoparticles

Details Monte Carlo simulation of equilibrium L1_0 ordering in FePt nanoparticles Monte Carlo simulation of equilibrium L1_0 ordering in FePt nanoparticles

2004-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0410590v1

J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10J311 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1852351

First, second and third nearest neighbor mixing potentials for FePt alloys, were calculated from first principles using a Connolly-Williams approach. Using the mixing potentials obtained in this manner, the dependency of equilibrium L1_0 ordering on temperature was studied for bulk and for a spherical nanoparticle with 3.5nm diameter at equiatomic composition by use of Monte Carlo simulation and the analytical ring approximation. The calculated order-disorder temperature for bulk (1495-1514 K) was in relatively good agreement (4% error) with the experimental value (1572K). For nanoparticles of finite size, the (long range) order parameter changed continuously from unity to zero with increasing temperature. Rather than a discontinuity indicative of a phase transition we obtained an inflection point in the order as a function of temperature. This inflection point occurred at a temperature below the bulk phase transition temperature and which decreased as the particle size decreased. Our calculations predict that 3.5nm diameter particles in configurational equilibrium at 600 C (a typical annealing temperature for promoting L1_0 ordering) have an L1_0 order parameter of 0.83 (compared to a maximum possible value equal to unity). According to our investigations, the experimental absence of (relatively) high L1_0 order in 3.5nm diameter nanoparticles annealed at 600 C or below is primarily a problem of kinetics rather than equilibrium

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