Hysteretic behavior of soft magnetic elastomer composites

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Authors

  • Maria Krautz
  • David Werner
  • Mario Schrödner
  • Alexander Funk
  • Alexander Jantz
  • Jana Popp
  • Anja Waske

Organisational units

External Organisational units

  • Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden
  • Thuringian Institute of Textile and Plastics Research e.V.
  • Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science

Abstract

Composites of polymer and micron-sized particles of carbonyl-iron were investigated in terms of their magnetization behavior. Thermoplastic elastomers with varying Young's modulus (EPolymer=0.14–14.6 MPa) were used as matrix material. Field dependent magnetization curves reveal that the hysteretic behavior of the composites strongly depends on both the particle fraction (7, 10, 14, 21, 31 vol%) and on the mechanical properties of the polymer. It is shown that hysteresis only appears above a certain fraction of magnetic particles which can be accounted to the magnetic exchange between the particles. However, hysteresis is suppressed in the composite with largest Young's modulus of the polymer matrix, even at largest particle fraction.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)60-63
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of magnetism and magnetic materials
Volume426.2017
Issue number15 March
Early online date12 Nov 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2017