Zero valence iron nanocube decoration of graphitic nanoplatelets
| Autor: | Benjamin Mapleback, Narelle Brack, Andy I.R. Herries, Michelle J. S. Spencer, Peter Kappen, Andrew N. Rider |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Valence (chemistry)
Materials science Mechanical Engineering Nucleation Bioengineering General Chemistry Electrophoretic deposition Chemical engineering Mechanics of Materials Transmission electron microscopy General Materials Science Grain boundary Graphite Electrical and Electronic Engineering Thin film Hybrid material |
| Zdroj: | Nanotechnology. 33:025704 |
| ISSN: | 1361-6528 0957-4484 |
| Popis: | Graphitic nanoplatelets (GNPs) have been treated using an ultrasonicated ozonolysis procedure to produce stable aqueous dispersions that facilitate deposition of thin films using electrophoretic deposition. The thin GNP films were then coated with zero valence (ZV) iron nanocubes using a pulsed electrodeposition technique. Characterization of the ZV-iron coating with deposition time revealed that the changing magnetic character of the ferromagnetic-graphitic hybrid material was related to the nucleation density and growth of the ZV-iron nanocubes. Density functional theory calculations show a preference for ZV-iron adsorption at the oxygen sites of the GNPs, with ZV-iron displacement of oxygen groups favored in some configurations. Transmission electron microscopy studies confirm ZV-iron growth nucleates preferentially at the graphite nanoplatelet edges and the hybrid material magnetism is affected by the convergent crystalline grain boundaries formed between adjacent ZV-iron nanocubes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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