Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-07-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
To be published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
Scientific paper
Colloidal cobalt-doped TiO2 (anatase) nanocrystals were synthesized and studied by electronic absorption, magnetic circular dichroism, transmission electron microscopy, magnetic susceptibility, cobalt K-shell X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements. The nanocrystals were paramagnetic when isolated by surface-passivating ligands, weakly ferromagnetic (Ms = 1.5 x 10-3 mB/Co2+ at 300 K) when aggregated, and strongly ferromagnetic (up to Ms = 1.9 mB/Co2+ at 300 K) when spin-coated into nanocrystalline films. X-ray absorption data reveal that cobalt is in the Co2+ oxidation state in all samples. In addition to providing strong experimental support for the existence of intrinsic ferromagnetism in cobalt-doped TiO2, these results demonstrate the possibility of using colloidal TiO2 diluted magnetic semiconductor nanocrystals as building blocks for assembly of ferromagnetic semiconductor nanostructures with potential spintronics applications.
Bryan Daniel J.
Chambers Scott A.
Gamelin Daniel R.
Heald Steve. M.
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