Influence of Ag on the Magnetic Anisotropy of Fe3O4 Nanocomposites

Autor: Fernanda Antunes Fabian, Cristiane Cupertino Santos Barbosa, Jorge Luiz da Silva Filho, Cristiano T. Meneses, I. M. Costa, J.G.S. Duque, Ana Carla Batista de Jesus, Erilaine Barreto Peixoto, Jonathas Rafael de Jesus
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism. 32:2471-2477
ISSN: 1557-1947
1557-1939
Popis: In this work, the thermal decomposition method is used to obtain Fe3O4-Ag nanocomposites. The weight losses observed in the thermogravimetric measurements are used to estimate the amount of organic mass present in the samples. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra show characteristic absorption peaks of the stretching vibration of the Fe-O and C-H groups. Samples are characterized structurally and morphologically by measurements of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), respectively. The XRD patterns indicate the formation of a cubic phase with spinel crystallographic structure. Particles sizes analysis estimated by Scherrer’s equation for Fe3O4 phase show that sizes are unaffected by the Ag-insertion. TEM images reveal that the nanoparticles have a spherical-like shape and a mean particles sizes ranging 3 < d < 4 nm. The best fits of zero-field-cooling and field-cooling (ZFC/FC) curves allow us to state that the magnetic anisotropy constant decreasing as a function of Ag concentration.
Databáze: OpenAIRE