3d metal doping of core@shell wüstite@ferrite nanoparticles as a promising route toward room temperature exchange bias magnets
Nanometric core@shell wüstite@ferrite (Fe1-xO@Fe3O4) has been extensively studied because of the emergence of exchange bias phenomena. Since their actual implementation in modern technologies is hampered by the low temperature at which bias is operating, the critical issue to be solved is to obtain...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/271857 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/271857 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Core-shell nanoparticles Néel temperature Doped-wüstite Exchange bias |
| Sumario: | Nanometric core@shell wüstite@ferrite (Fe1-xO@Fe3O4) has been extensively studied because of the emergence of exchange bias phenomena. Since their actual implementation in modern technologies is hampered by the low temperature at which bias is operating, the critical issue to be solved is to obtain exchange-coupled antiferromagnetic@ferrimagnetic nanoparticles with ordering temperature close to 300 K by replacing the divalent iron with other transition-metal ions. Here, we studied the effect of the combined substitution of Fe(II) with Co(II) and Ni(II) on the crystal structure and magnetic properties. To this aim, a series of 20 nm nanoparticles with a wüstite-based core and a ferrite shell, with tailored composition, (Co0.3Fe0.7O@Co0.8Fe2.2O4 and Ni0.17Co0.21Fe0.62O@Ni0.4Co0.3Fe2.3O4) were synthetized through a thermal-decomposition method. An extensive morphological and crystallographic characterization of the obtained nanoparticles showed how a higher stability against the oxidation process in ambient condition is attained when divalent cation doping of the iron oxide lattice with Co(II) and Ni(II) ions is performed. The dual-doping revealed to be an efficient way for tuning the magnetic properties of the final system, obtaining Ni-Co doped iron oxide core@shell nanoparticles with high coercivity (and therefore, high energy product), and increased antiferromagnetic ordering transition temperature, close to room temperature. |
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