Scientists Customize a Magnet's Performance by Strategically Replacing Key Atoms (IMAGE)

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

Scientists Customize a Magnet's Performance by Strategically Replacing Key Atoms

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Ames Laboratory researchers Karl Gschneidner Jr., Yaroslav Mudryk, Vitalij Pecharsky and Durga Paudyal recently strategically replaced key atoms in a gadolinium-germanium compound, causing changes in the resulting alloy’s ferromagnetism. The discovery may eventually help as materials scientists search for new, exotic substances for use in today’s and future generations of high-tech products.

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US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory

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