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Novel magnetic properties of Co3O4 nanowires

  • Zhao Dong
  • , Yingying Xu
  • , Xiongjian Zhang
  • , Wentao Jin
  • , Pavel Kashkarov
  • , Han Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

It is found that the Co3O4 nanowires, prepared by directly oxygenating cobalt foil, can keep an antiferromagnetic order until room temperature, quite different from other Co3O4 materials. The opposite behaviors of the M (T) curves under 100 and 6500 Oe, and the irreversible magnetic contributions at room temperature are observed. Detailed structural analysis and the splitting of energy levels in different crystalline fields show that the distortions of the crystal lattice make some nonmagnetic Co3+ ions have magnetic moment, which may possibly be the source for these novel behaviors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)648-651
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume149
Issue number15-16
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • A. Nanowires
  • C. Antiferromagnetic order
  • D. Crystal distortions
  • D. Magnetization curves

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