| Summary: | Quantum-mechanical exchange interactions between phases in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic (FM/AF) magnetic nanocomposite systems can result in useful effects such as exchange bias (Hex) and remanence enhancement. These effects are more pronounced in nanostructured systems than in their coarse-grained counterparts due to improved interphase contact and can be developed to create good permanent magnetic behavior, but are currently poorly understood in bulk three-dimensional
systems. To achieve this goal, factors such as the magnetic and structural phase identity, chemistry, size, shape, and character are investigated. To this end, synthesis, characterization and analysis of the magnetic and structural properties of nanocomposites are carried out on MnX (X = Cu, Al) alloys comprised of nanostructured FM and AF phases. It is recommended for future work that Fe be added to augment the FM response of the nanostructured MnX alloys.
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