RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Developing high performance of magnetically hard and soft materials
• Microstructural characterization using 3-dimensional atom probe (3DAP) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
• Processing of amorphous alloys, nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys, and nanocomposite hard magnetic alloys.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Xiong, X.Y., Ohkubo, T., Koyama, T., Ohashi, K., Tawara, Y., Hono, K., Acta Materialia, 52 (2004) 737-748. "The microstructure of sintered Sm(Co_0.72Fe_0.20Cu_0.055Zr_0.025)_7.5 permanent magnet studied by atom probe" (The first atom probe work of SmCo-based alloys)

Xiong, X.Y., Ohnuma, M., Ohkubo, T., Ping, D.H., Hono, K., Ohnuma, S., Fujimori, H. and Masumoto, T., J. Magn. Mag. Mater., 265 (2003) 83-93. "Microstructure of soft magnetic FeCoZrO films with high saturation magnetization"

Xiong, X.Y., Finlayson, T.R. and Muddle, B.C., J. Mater. Sci., 38 (2003) 1161-1169. "Nanocrystalline microstructures in Fe_93-xZr₇B_x Alloys"

Xiong, X.Y., Muddle, B.C. and Finlayson, T.R., J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, 36 (2003) 223-228. "The effect of Cu addition on the microstructure and low-temperature magnetization of nanocrystalline Fe_87-xZr₇B₆Cu_x and Fe_81-xZr₇B₁₂Cu_x alloys"

Xiong, X.Y., Hono, K., Hirosawa, S. and Kanekiyo, H., J. Applied Physics, 91 (2002) 9308-9314. "The effects of V and Si additions on the coercivity and microstructure of nanocomposite Fe₃B/Nd₂Fe₁₄B magnets"

Xiong, X.Y., Wu, Y.Q. and Hono, K., Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Rare-Earth Magnets and Their Application, edited by G.C. Hadjipanayis and M.J. Bonder, (Rinton Press, the University of Delaware, USA, August 18-22, 2002), p796. "The effect of the addition of M element (M = V, Zr, Nb, Si, and Ga) on the microstructural and magnetic properties of nanocomposite Fe₃B/Nd₂Fe₁₄B and a-Fe/Nd₂Fe₁₄B magnets"

Xiong, X.Y., Hono, K., Ohashi, K. and Tawara, Y., Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Rare-Earth Magnets and Their Application, edited by G.C. Hadjipanayis and M.J. Bonder, (Rinton Press, the University of Delaware, USA, August 18-22, 2002), p893. "Study on the microstructure and magnetic properties of rapidly quenched Sm(Co_1-xCu_x)₅ alloys"

Xiong, X.Y., Finlayson, T.R. and Muddle, B.C., J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, 34 (2001) 2845-2853. "The Approach to Saturation Magnetisation of Nanocrystalline Fe₉₀Zr₇B₃ Alloy"

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