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Sartori K, Musat A, Choueikani F, Grenèche JM, Hettler S, Bencok P, Begin-Colin S, Steadman P, Arenal R, Pichon BP. A Detailed Investigation of the Onion Structure of Exchanged Coupled Magnetic Fe 3-δO 4@CoFe 2O 4@Fe 3-δO 4 Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:16784-16800. [PMID: 33780236 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nanoparticles that combine several magnetic phases offer wide perspectives for cutting edge applications because of the high modularity of their magnetic properties. Besides the addition of the magnetic characteristics intrinsic to each phase, the interface that results from core-shell and, further, from onion structures leads to synergistic properties such as magnetic exchange coupling. Such a phenomenon is of high interest to overcome the superparamagnetic limit of iron oxide nanoparticles which hampers potential applications such as data storage or sensors. In this manuscript, we report on the design of nanoparticles with an onion-like structure which has been scarcely reported yet. These nanoparticles consist of a Fe3-δO4 core covered by a first shell of CoFe2O4 and a second shell of Fe3-δO4, e.g., a Fe3-δO4@CoFe2O4@Fe3-δO4 onion-like structure. They were synthesized through a multistep seed-mediated growth approach which consists consists in performing three successive thermal decomposition of metal complexes in a high-boiling-point solvent (about 300 °C). Although TEM micrographs clearly show the growth of each shell from the iron oxide core, core sizes and shell thicknesses markedly differ from what is suggested by the size increasing. We investigated very precisely the structure of nanoparticles in performing high resolution (scanning) TEM imaging and geometrical phase analysis (GPA). The chemical composition and spatial distribution of atoms were studied by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) mapping and spectroscopy. The chemical environment and oxidation state of cations were investigated by 57Fe Mössbauer spectrometry, soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). The combination of these techniques allowed us to estimate the increase of Fe2+ content in the iron oxide core of the core@shell structure and the increase of the cobalt ferrite shell thickness in the core@shell@shell one, whereas the iron oxide shell appears to be much thinner than expected. Thus, the modification of the chemical composition as well as the size of the Fe3-δO4 core and the thickness of the cobalt ferrite shell have a high impact on the magnetic properties. Furthermore, the growth of the iron oxide shell also markedly modifies the magnetic properties of the core-shell nanoparticles, thus demonstrating the high potential of onion-like nanoparticles to accurately tune the magnetic properties of nanoparticles according to the desired applications.
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- Kevin Sartori
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg F-67000, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP48, Gif-sur-Yvette 91192, France
- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, UMR12 CEA-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91191, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg F-67000, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP48, Gif-sur-Yvette 91192, France
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- Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, IMMM, UMR CNRS-6283 Université du Maine, avenue Olivier Messiaen, Le Mans Cedex 9 72085, France
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Mariano Esquillor, Zaragoza 50018, Spain
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- Diamond Light Source, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg F-67000, France
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- Diamond Light Source, Didcot OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
- Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Mariano Esquillor, Zaragoza 50018, Spain
- Fundacion ARAID, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504, Strasbourg F-67000, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Das A, Kumar Bestha K, Bongurala P, Gorige V. Correlation between size, shape and magnetic anisotropy of CoFe 2O 4 ferrite nanoparticles. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:335716. [PMID: 32374297 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab8fe8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The present work reports the effect of particle size and shape of CoFe2O4 (CFO) nanoparticles on magnetic properties and their use in device applications as permanent magnets at room temperature. A set of CFO samples with different particle sizes and shapes were synthesized via the polymeric method by sintering at temperatures ranging from 300 °C to 1200 °C. These materials were characterized structurally by x-ray diffraction, morphologically by scanning electron microscopy, and microstructurally by transmission electron microscopy. The morphology of these CFO samples shows size-dependent shapes like spherical, pyramidal, lamellar, octahedral and truncated octahedral shapes for the particle sizes ranging from 7 to 780 nm with increasing sintering temperature. The emergence of magnetic properties was investigated as a function of particle size and shape with a special emphasis on permanent magnet applications at low and room temperatures. The values of saturation and remanent magnetization were found to increase monotonously with a particle size up to 40 nm and from thereafter they were found to remain almost constant. The other magnetic parameters such as coercivity, squareness ratio, anisotropy constant and maximum energy product ([Formula: see text]) were observed to increase up to 40 nm and then decreased thereafter as a function of particle size. The underlying mechanism responsible for the observed behavior of the magnetic parameters as a function of particle size was discussed in the light of coherent rotation, domain wall motion and shape induced demagnetization effects. The significant values of [Formula: see text] - the figure of merit of permanent magnets - observed for single domain particles (particularly, 14 nm and 21 nm) were found to have suitability in permanent magnetic technology.
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- Avisek Das
- School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India
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Alexandrakis V, Wallisch W, Hamann S, Varvaro G, Fidler J, Ludwig A. Combinatorial Development of Fe-Co-Nb Thin Film Magnetic Nanocomposites. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2015; 17:698-703. [PMID: 26401900 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.5b00116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A Fe-Co-Nb thin film materials library was deposited by combinatorial magnetron sputtering and investigated by high-throughput methods to identify new noncubic ferromagnetic phases, indicating that combinatorial experimentation is an efficient method to discover new ferromagnetic phases adequate for permanent magnet applications. Structural analysis indicated the formation of a new magnetic ternary compound (Fe,Co)3Nb with a hexagonal crystal structure (C36) embedded in an FeCo-based matrix. This nanocomposite exhibits characteristics of a two-phase ferromagnetic system, the so-called hard-soft nanocomposites, indicating that the new phase (Fe,Co)3Nb is ferromagnetic. Magnetic hysteresis loops at various angles revealed that the magnetization reversal process is governed by a domain wall pinning mechanism.
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- Vasileios Alexandrakis
- Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Institute for Materials, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute
of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner
Hauptstrasse 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Institute for Materials, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- ISM−CNR Area della Ricerca Roma1, Via Salaria km 29.300, C.P. 10, 00016 Monterotondo Scalo (RM), Italy
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- Institute
of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner
Hauptstrasse 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Institute for Materials, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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