Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-08-17
Nanotechnology 17(19), 4981-4985 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
8 pages including 7 figures, Nanotechnology In Press
Scientific paper
10.1088/0957-4484/17/19/034
Magnetism of a very thin antiferromagnetic (AFM) surface CuO has been investigated with the partially oxidized nanocomposites of Cu-CuCl, ~ 200 nm. The samples are characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray-excited Auger electron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope and magnetic measurements. The characterizations indicate that the composites have a core-shell structure. Before the oxidation, it is (Cu)core/(CuCl)shell, and after the oxidation, (Cu)core/(Cu2O+CuCl+minuteCuO)shell. The magnetic measurements have revealed that a ferromagnetic (FM) like open hysteresis exists at the temperature below the freezing point, TF. In the high field region, a paramagnetic (PM) response appears without showing a sign of saturation. Also, the field dependent magnetization (M-H) measurement is PM-like at T > TF. These interesting magnetic properties are evident to arise from the AFM CuO on the outer surface. They are attributed to the uncompensated surface spins of Cu2+ and the effect of surface random potential. More interestingly, the magnetic susceptibility is greatly enhanced in the presence of Cl- anions at T < TF, according to the field-cooled/zero-field-cooled (FC/ZFC) measurements. This further supports the point that the disorder or frustration effect of the impurity would reduce the AFM ordering of CuO and increase the level of uncompensated spins.
Chen* Chinping.
Li Qian
Zhang Shi-Wei
Zhang Yan
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