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Title: Effects of annealing temperature on the magnetic properties of highly crystalline biphase iron oxide nanorods

Abstract

We report on the effects of annealing temperatures ranging from 225 °C to 325 °C on the magnetic properties of high aspect ratio iron oxide nanorods consisting of a ferrimagnetic Fe 3 O 4 phase and an antiferromagnetic α-Fe 2 O 3 phase in an as-prepared state. Annealing at the aforementioned temperatures under a constant flow of O 2 for 3 h leads to an increment of the volume fraction of the antiferromagnetic α-Fe 2 O 3 phase and concomitant enhancement of the crystallinity of the ferrimagnetic Fe 3 O 4 phase. These opposing effects compete with each other, resulting in a decrease in global magnetization with increasing the annealing temperature. The desirable magnetic properties are achieved for the sample annealed at 250 °C. For all samples investigated, we observed an increase in low field magnetization at low temperatures after the sample is field cooled in the presence of a 1T magnetic field, which we attribute to the ordering of macro-spins of the weakly ordered antiferromagnetic α-Fe 2 O 3 phase in the presence of the cooling field. Our study will pave the way for determining the optimal conditions to enhance the magnetic characteristics in iron oxide nanorods, which willmore » enable its use in spintronics and biomedical applications.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
  2. SEAM Research Centre, South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1923719
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46438
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: AIP Advances Journal Volume: 13 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Attanayake, S. B., Chanda, A., Das, R., Phan, M. H., and Srikanth, H. Effects of annealing temperature on the magnetic properties of highly crystalline biphase iron oxide nanorods. United States: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1063/9.0000547.
Attanayake, S. B., Chanda, A., Das, R., Phan, M. H., & Srikanth, H. Effects of annealing temperature on the magnetic properties of highly crystalline biphase iron oxide nanorods. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/9.0000547
Attanayake, S. B., Chanda, A., Das, R., Phan, M. H., and Srikanth, H. Wed . "Effects of annealing temperature on the magnetic properties of highly crystalline biphase iron oxide nanorods". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/9.0000547.
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abstractNote = {We report on the effects of annealing temperatures ranging from 225 °C to 325 °C on the magnetic properties of high aspect ratio iron oxide nanorods consisting of a ferrimagnetic Fe 3 O 4 phase and an antiferromagnetic α-Fe 2 O 3 phase in an as-prepared state. Annealing at the aforementioned temperatures under a constant flow of O 2 for 3 h leads to an increment of the volume fraction of the antiferromagnetic α-Fe 2 O 3 phase and concomitant enhancement of the crystallinity of the ferrimagnetic Fe 3 O 4 phase. These opposing effects compete with each other, resulting in a decrease in global magnetization with increasing the annealing temperature. The desirable magnetic properties are achieved for the sample annealed at 250 °C. For all samples investigated, we observed an increase in low field magnetization at low temperatures after the sample is field cooled in the presence of a 1T magnetic field, which we attribute to the ordering of macro-spins of the weakly ordered antiferromagnetic α-Fe 2 O 3 phase in the presence of the cooling field. Our study will pave the way for determining the optimal conditions to enhance the magnetic characteristics in iron oxide nanorods, which will enable its use in spintronics and biomedical applications.},
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year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2023},
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