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Title: Watermelon-like iron nanoparticles: Cr doping effect on magnetism and magnetization interaction reversal

Journal Article · · Nanoscale, 5(17):7872-7881
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR02247A· OSTI ID:1091456

Chromium (Cr) forms a solid solution with iron (Fe) lattice when doped in core-shell iron -iron oxide nanocluster (NC) and shows a mixed phase of sigma (σ) FeCr and bcc Fe. The Cr dopant affects heavily the magnetization and magnetic reversal process, and causes the hysteresis loop to shrink near the zero field axis. Dramatic transformation happens from dipolar interaction (0 at. % Cr) to strong exchange interaction (8 at. % of Cr) is confirmed from the Henkel plot and delta M plot, and is explained by a water-melon model of core-shell NC system.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1091456
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-91331; 44713; KP1704020
Journal Information:
Nanoscale, 5(17):7872-7881, Journal Name: Nanoscale, 5(17):7872-7881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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