Room-temperature ferromagnetism in the mixtures of the TiO₂ and Co₃O₄ powders

We report here the observation of ferromagnetism (FM) at 300 K in mixtures of TiO₂ and Co₃O₄ powders despite the antiferromagnetic and diamagnetic characters of both oxides, respectively. The ferromagnetic behavior is found in the early stages of reaction and only for TiO₂ in anatase structure; no F...

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Autores: Serrano, A., A., Plaza, M., Pérez García, Lucas, Venta, J. de la, LLopis, J., García, M. A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42777
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42777
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Magnetic semiconductors
Oxides
ZnO
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:We report here the observation of ferromagnetism (FM) at 300 K in mixtures of TiO₂ and Co₃O₄ powders despite the antiferromagnetic and diamagnetic characters of both oxides, respectively. The ferromagnetic behavior is found in the early stages of reaction and only for TiO₂ in anatase structure; no FM is found for identical samples prepared with rutile-TiO². Optical spectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectra confirm a surface reduction of octahedral Co^(+3) -> Co^(+2) in the mixtures which is in the origin of the observed magnetism.