Graphene-Induced Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Cobalt Nanoparticles Decorated Graphene Nanohybrid

Autor: Amar Nath Yadav, Ashwani Kumar Singh, Pramod Kumar, Kedar Singh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nanoscale Research Letters, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1556-276X
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-03398-7
Popis: Abstract Control over the magnetic interactions in magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is a crucial issue to the future development of nanometer-sized integrated “spintronic” applications. Here, we have developed a nanohybrid structure to achieve room temperature ferromagnetism, via a facile, effective, and reproducible solvothermal synthesis method. The plan has been put onto cobalt (Co) NPs, where the growth of Co NPs on the surface of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets switches the magnetic interactions from superparamagnetic to ferromagnetic at room temperature. Switching-on ferromagnetism in this nanohybrid may be due to the hybridization between unsaturated 2pz orbitals of graphene and 3d orbitals of Co, which promotes ferromagnetic long-range ordering. The ferromagnetic behavior of Co-rGO nanohybrid makes it excellent material in the field of spintronics, catalysis, and magnetic resonance imaging.
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