A method for producing a nanocrystalline rare earth magnet having a grain and a grain boundary phase includes: quenching a melt of a rare earth magnet composition to form a quenched thin ribbon having a nanocrystalline structure; sintering the quenched thin ribbon to obtain a sintered body; heat treating the sintered body at a temperature which is higher than a lowest temperature in a first temperature range where the grain boundary phase diffuses or flows, and which is lower than a lowest temperature in a second temperature range where the grain becomes coarse; and quenching the heat treated sintered body to 200° C. or less at a cooling speed of 50° C./min or more.

A rotor of an electric machine includes a rotor core with one or more permanent magnets having opposing ends. The rotor core defining a magnet channel extending axially between opposing ends of the rotor core. The permanent magnet is disposed in the channel and extends axially through the rotor core. The magnet includes a planar layer of magnetically hard-phase material that includes rare-earth metal and includes a planar layer of magnetically soft-phase material that does not include rare-earth metal. Both of the hard and soft layers extend between the opposing ends. The soft-phase material has a major face disposed against a major face of the hard phase material.

According to an embodiment, a composite permanent magnet includes a matrix of magnetically hard phase grains having an average grain size of 10 nm to 50 μm; and magnetically soft phase grains embedded within the matrix, and having an average grain size of at least 50 nm, each grain having an elongated shape with an aspect ratio of at least 2:1. According to another embodiment, a composite permanent magnet includes a matrix of magnetically hard phase grains having an average grain size of 10 nm to 50 μm; and magnetically soft phase grains embedded within the matrix, and having an average grain width of at least 50 nm, an average grain height of 20 to 500 nm, and an aspect ratio of at least 2:1. According to yet another embodiment, a method of forming a composite permanent magnet is also provided.

Producing Co.sub.xFe.sub.100-x, where x is an integer from 20 to 95, nanoparticles by: (a) providing a first aqueous hydroxide solution; (b) preparing a second aqueous solution containing iron ions and cobalt ions; and (c) depositing measured volumes of the second aqueous solution into the first aqueous solution whereby coprecipitation yields CoFe alloy nanoparticles, wherein step (c) occurs in an essentially oxygen-free environment. The nanoparticles are annealed at ambient temperatures to yield soft nanoparticles with targeted particle size, saturation magnetization and coercivity. The chemical composition, crystal structure and homogeneity are controlled at the atomic level. The CoFe magnetic nanoparticles have M.sub.s of 200-235 emu/g, (H.sub.c) coercivity of 18 to 36 O.sub.e and size range of 5-40 nm. The high magnetic moment CoFe nanoparticles can be employed in drug delivery, superior contrast agents for highly sensitive magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic immunoassay, magnetic labeling, waste water treatment, and magnetic separation.

A bulk permanent magnetic material may include between about 5 volume percent and about 40 volume percent Fe.sub.16N.sub.2 phase domains, a plurality of nonmagnetic atoms or molecules forming domain wall pinning sites, and a balance soft magnetic material, wherein at least some of the soft magnetic material is magnetically coupled to the Fe.sub.16N.sub.2 phase domains via exchange spring coupling. In some examples, a bulk permanent magnetic material may be formed by implanting N+ ions in an iron workpiece using ion implantation to form an iron nitride workpiece, pre-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to attach the iron nitride workpiece to a substrate, and post-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to form Fe.sub.16N.sub.2 phase domains within the iron nitride workpiece.

An inductive component is disclosed, the inductive component comprising a metal structure, comprising a bare conductor wire, a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are integrally formed with the bare conductor wire, wherein a first thickness of the first electrode is greater than that of the bare conductor wire and a second thickness of the second electrode is greater than that of the bare conductor wire; and a magnetic body encapsulating the bare conductor wire, at least one portion of the first electrode, and at least one portion of the second electrode, wherein the first lateral surface of the first electrode and the second lateral surface of the second electrode are embedded inside the magnetic body.

Proposed are a method of manufacturing an anisotropic rare-earth bulk magnet, the method being capable of suppressing formation of ReFe.sub.2 phase, and an anisotropic rare-earth bulk magnet having excellent magnetic properties.

A method of preparing a permanent magnet nanocomposite. The method includes melting a precursor alloy having a hard magnetic phase and a magnetically soft phase. The hard magnetic phase has less than a stoichiometric amount of rare earth metal or noble metal. The melted precursor is cast into flakes and milled into a powder. The powder may then be pressure crystalized.

A magnet includes hard magnetic particles containing a rare-earth metal, and a soft magnetic material interposed between the hard magnetic particles to bind together the hard magnetic particles.

A composite permanent magnet includes at least one magnetically-hard portion formed from a compacted powder material and at least one magnetically-soft portion mixed with the at least one magnetically-hard portion. The composite permanent magnet also includes a nonmagnetic outer coating portion applied to each magnetically-soft portion to isolate the coated magnetically-soft portion from magnetically-hard portions thereby inhibiting demagnetization of the at least one magnetically-hard portion.