RT Journal Article
T1 Magnetic transitions in alpha-Fe_2O_3 nanowires
A1 Díaz-Guerra Viejo, Carlos
A1 Pérez García, Lucas
A1 Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier
A1 Chioncel, M. F.
AB Magnetic transitions in single-crystal alpha-F_2O_3 (hematite) nanowires, grown by thermal oxidation of iron powder, have been studied in the range of 5-1023 K with a superconducting quantum interference device below room temperature and with a vibrating sample magnetometer at higher temperatures. The broad temperature range covered enables us to compare magnetic transitions in the nanowires with the transitions reported for bulk hematite. Morin temperatures (T-M) of the nanowires and of hematite bulk reference powder were found to be 123 and 263 K, respectively. Also the Neel temperature (T-N) of the nanowires, 852 K, was lower than the bulk T-N value. Measurements of the magnetization as a function of temperature show an enhanced signal in the nanowires, which suggests a decrease in the anti ferromagnetic coupling. A coercive field observed below T-M in the hysteresis loops of the nanowires is tentatively explained by the presence of a magnetic phase.
PB American Institute of Physics
SN 0021-8979
YR 2009
FD 2009-11-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44218
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44218
LA eng
NO ©) 2009 American Institute of Physics.This work has been supported by MEC through project Nos. MAT2006-01259 and MAT2007-65965-C02-02. High temperature VSM measurements have been carried out at CT-ISOM funded by the Spanish “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.”
NO MEC
NO Spanish "Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion"
DS Docta Complutense
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