Room-temperature ferromagnetism in nanocrystalline Cu/Cu2O core-shell structures prepared by magnetron sputtering

Autor: Hao-Bo Li, Xinjian Xie, Weichao Wang, Yahui Cheng, Wei-Hua Wang, Luyan Li, Hui Liu, Gehui Wen, Rongkun Zheng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: APL Materials, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 042106-042106 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2166-532X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4824037
Popis: Cu/Cu2O core-shell nanoparticles with diameters around 8–9 nm have been fabricated by magnetron sputtering pure Cu targets with subsequent annealing in oxygen. Room-temperature ferromagnetism (FM) was observed in the samples annealed at 150 °C for 10–120 min. The maximum of saturated magnetization is as high as 19.8 emu/cc. The photoluminescence spectra show solid evidence that the FM originates from Cu vacancies in the Cu2O shell of the Cu/Cu2O core-shell nanoparticles. Furthermore, the FM can be modulated by the amount of Cu vacancies through the Cu/Cu2O core-shell interface engineering. Fundamentally, the FM can be understood by the charge-transfer ferromagnetism model based on Stoner theory.
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