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Neutron diffraction studies of permanent magnetic materials

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Neutron diffraction technology as an advanced material research technique has special advantages in studying magnetic materials compared to the conventional techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In this review, the applications of neutron diffraction technology on permanent magnetic materials were briefly reviewed: (1) the determination of the crystal structure and magnetic structure of the typical permanent magnet material, (2) in situ neutron diffraction study of the crystal structure evolution of the permanent magnets, and (3) phase transition in permanent magnetic materials.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2017YFA0403701, 2016YFB0700901, 2017YFA0206303 and 2017YFA0401502) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51731001, 11675006, 11805006, 51371009 and 11504348).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Wen-Yun Yang, Dong Liang & Jin-Bo Yang

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100871, China

    Wen-Yun Yang, Dong Liang & Jin-Bo Yang

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoeletric Materials and Devices, Beijing, 100871, China

    Wen-Yun Yang, Dong Liang & Jin-Bo Yang

  4. Department of Micro-nano Fabrication Technology, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100871, China

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Yang, WY., Liang, D., Kong, XD. et al. Neutron diffraction studies of permanent magnetic materials. Rare Met. 39, 13–21 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-019-01300-8

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