Surface magnetism in ZnO/Co3O4 mixtures

Details Surface magnetism in ZnO/Co3O4 mixtures Surface magnetism in ZnO/Co3O4 mixtures

2009-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/0912.3458v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Accepted in Journal of Applied Physics

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We recently reported the observation of room temperature ferromagnetism in mixtures of ZnO and Co3O4 despite the diamagnetic and antiferromagnetic character of these oxides respectively. Here we present a detailed study on the electronic structure of this material in order to account for this unexpected ferromagnetism. Electrostatic interactions between both oxides lead to a dispersion of Co3O4 particles over the surface of ZnO larger ones. As a consequence, the reduction of Co+3 to Co2+ at the particle surface takes place as evidenced by XAS measurements and optical spectrocopy. This reduction allows to xplain the observed ferromagnetic signal within the well established theories of magnetism.

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