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Title: Exchange bias effect in Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles induced by the charge transfer from gold

Abstract

We have studied the origin of the exchange bias effect in the Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles in two samples with different sizes of the Au seed nanoparticles (4.1 and 2.7 nm) and same size of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (9.8 nm). The magnetization, small-angle neutron scattering, synchrotron x-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscope measurements determined the antiferromagnetic FeO wüstite phase within Fe3O4 nanoparticles, originating at the interface with the Au nanoparticles. The interface between antiferromagnetic FeO and ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 is giving rise to the exchange bias effect. The strength of the exchange bias fields depends on the interfacial area and lattice mismatch between both phases. We propose that the charge transfer from the Au nanoparticles is responsible for a partial reduction of the Fe3O4 into FeO phase at the interface with Au nanoparticles. The Au-O bonds are formed across the interface to accommodate an excess of oxygen released during the reduction of magnetite.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [5];  [1];  [6];  [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
  3. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  4. Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
  5. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1210146
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1209839
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-98CH1886
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Feygenson, Mikhail, Bauer, John C, Gai, Zheng, Marques, Carlos, Aronson, Meigan C., Teng, Xiaowei, Su, Dong, Stanic, Vesna, Urban, Volker S, Kevin, Beyer, and Dai, Sheng. Exchange bias effect in Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles induced by the charge transfer from gold. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054416.
Feygenson, Mikhail, Bauer, John C, Gai, Zheng, Marques, Carlos, Aronson, Meigan C., Teng, Xiaowei, Su, Dong, Stanic, Vesna, Urban, Volker S, Kevin, Beyer, & Dai, Sheng. Exchange bias effect in Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles induced by the charge transfer from gold. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054416
Feygenson, Mikhail, Bauer, John C, Gai, Zheng, Marques, Carlos, Aronson, Meigan C., Teng, Xiaowei, Su, Dong, Stanic, Vesna, Urban, Volker S, Kevin, Beyer, and Dai, Sheng. Mon . "Exchange bias effect in Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles induced by the charge transfer from gold". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054416. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1210146.
@article{osti_1210146,
title = {Exchange bias effect in Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles induced by the charge transfer from gold},
author = {Feygenson, Mikhail and Bauer, John C and Gai, Zheng and Marques, Carlos and Aronson, Meigan C. and Teng, Xiaowei and Su, Dong and Stanic, Vesna and Urban, Volker S and Kevin, Beyer and Dai, Sheng},
abstractNote = {We have studied the origin of the exchange bias effect in the Au-Fe3O4 dumbbell nanoparticles in two samples with different sizes of the Au seed nanoparticles (4.1 and 2.7 nm) and same size of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (9.8 nm). The magnetization, small-angle neutron scattering, synchrotron x-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscope measurements determined the antiferromagnetic FeO wüstite phase within Fe3O4 nanoparticles, originating at the interface with the Au nanoparticles. The interface between antiferromagnetic FeO and ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 is giving rise to the exchange bias effect. The strength of the exchange bias fields depends on the interfacial area and lattice mismatch between both phases. We propose that the charge transfer from the Au nanoparticles is responsible for a partial reduction of the Fe3O4 into FeO phase at the interface with Au nanoparticles. The Au-O bonds are formed across the interface to accommodate an excess of oxygen released during the reduction of magnetite.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054416},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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