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Title: Magnetic Phase Transition in V2O3 Nanocrystals

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
OSTI ID:1042117

V{sub 2}O{sub 3} nanocrystals can be synthesized through hydrothermal reduction in VO(OH){sub 2} using hydrazine as a reducing agent. Addition of different ligands to the reaction produces nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanoplatelets of different sizes. Small nanoparticles synthesized in this manner show suppression of the magnetic phase transition to lower temperatures. Using muon spin relaxation spectroscopy and synchrotron x-ray diffraction, we have determined that the volume fraction of the high-temperature phase, characterized by a rhombohedral structure and paramagnetism, gradually declines with decreasing temperature, in contrast to the sharp transition observed in bulk V{sub 2}O{sub 3}.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1042117
Report Number(s):
BNL-97795-2012-JA; TRN: US1202743
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 82, Issue 9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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