title: Quantitative determination of occupation sites of trace Co substituted for multiple Fe sites in M-type hexagonal ferrite using statistical beam-rocking TEM-EDXS analysis.
abstract: The occupation sites and the occupancies of trace dopants in La/Co co-doped Sr-M-type ferrite, SrFe12O19, were quantitatively and precisely determined by beam-rocking energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) on the basis of electron-channeling effects. Because the Co atoms, in particular, should be partially substituted for the five crystallographically inequivalent sites, which could be key parameters in improving the magneto-crystalline anisotropy, it is difficult yet intriguing to discover their occupation sites and occupancies without using the methods of large-scale facilities, such as neutron diffraction and synchrotron radiation. In the present study, we tackled this problem by applying an extended statistical atom location by channeling enhanced microanalysis method, using conventional transmission electron microscopy, EDXS and dynamical electron elastic/inelastic scattering theories. The results show that the key occupation sites of Co were the 2a, 4f1 and 12k sites. The quantified occupancies of Co were consistent with those of the previous study, which involved a combination of neutron diffraction and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis, as well as energetics considerations based on by first-principles calculations.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan m-ohtsuka@nucl.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials & Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muto
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materials & Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Materials Research Laboratory, Hitachi Metals Ltd, 2-15-17 Egawa, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-0013, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Magnetic Materials Research Laboratory, Hitachi Metals Ltd, 2-15-17 Egawa, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-0013, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsunehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
keywords: EDXS; M-type ferrite; beam-rocking; dynamical electron diffraction theory; electron channeling; statistical ALCHEMI analysis