Ferromagnetism in Fe-doped MgO nanoparticles

Autor: Kornkanok Boonserm, Ekaphan Swatsitang, Sumalin Phokha, Santi Maensiri, Sitchai Hunpratub, Jutharatana Klinkaewnarong
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 27:33-39
ISSN: 1573-482X
0957-4522
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-3713-9
Popis: This work reports the study on magnetic properties of Mg1−xFexO (x = 0, 0.05 and 0.07) nanoparticles prepared by the polymer pyrolysis method. Phase, valence states and magnetic properties of these samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy, X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), respectively. The XRD results show that the samples have a phase nature of the cubic structure with constant crystallite size of 25 ± 2 nm. XANES spectra reveal the existence of Fe3+ ions in the samples. VSM measurements exhibit the room temperature ferromagnetism with a maximum magnetization of 1.60 emu/g for x = 0.07. The origin of ferromagnetism is fitted on the bound magnetic polaron (BMP) model to indicate the numbers of BMPs involving overlapping of polarons via oxygen vacancy defects.
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