Antiferromagnetic Order in MnO Spherical Nanoparticles

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2011-06-15

arxiv.org/abs/1106.3090v1

Phys. Rev. B 83, 214418 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

7 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.214418

We have performed unpolarized and polarized neutron diffraction experiments on monodisperse 8 nm and 13 nm antiferromagnetic MnO nanoparticles. For the 8 nm sample, the antiferromagnetic transition temperature $T_N$ (114 K) is suppressed compared to the bulk material (119 K) while for the 13 nm sample $T_N$ (120 K) is comparable to the bulk. The neutron diffraction data of the nanoparticles is well described using the bulk MnO magnetic structure but with a substantially reduced average magnetic moment of 4.2$\pm$0.3 $\mu_B$/Mn for the 8 nm sample and 3.9$\pm$0.2 $\mu_B$/Mn for the 13 nm sample. An analysis of the polarized neutron data on both samples shows that in an individual MnO nanoparticle about 80$%$ of Mn ions order. These results can be explained by a structure in which the monodisperse nanoparticles studied here have a core that behaves similar to the bulk with a surface layer which does not contribute significantly to the magnetic order.

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