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Title: Competing Magnetic Interactions and Field-Induced Metamagnetic Transition in Highly Crystalline Phase-Tunable Iron Oxide Nanorods

Abstract

The inherent existence of multi phases in iron oxide nanostructures highlights the significance of them being investigated deliberately to understand and possibly control the phases. Here, the effects of annealing at 250 °C with a variable duration on the bulk magnetic and structural properties of high aspect ratio biphase iron oxide nanorods with ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 and antiferromagnetic α-Fe2O3 are explored. Increasing annealing time under a free flow of oxygen enhanced the α-Fe2O3 volume fraction and improved the crystallinity of the Fe3O4 phase, identified in changes in the magnetization as a function of annealing time. A critical annealing time of approximately 3 h maximized the presence of both phases, as observed via an enhancement in the magnetization and an interfacial pinning effect. This is attributed to disordered spins separating the magnetically distinct phases which tend to align with the application of a magnetic field at high temperatures. The increased antiferromagnetic phase can be distinguished due to the field-induced metamagnetic transitions observed in structures annealed for more than 3 h and was especially prominent in the 9 h annealed sample. Our controlled study in determining the changes in volume fractions with annealing time will enable precise control over phase tunability in ironmore » oxide nanorods, allowing custom-made phase volume fractions in different applications ranging from spintronics to biomedical applications.« less

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1969576
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FG02-07ER46438
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Published Article
Journal Name:
Nanomaterials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nanomaterials Journal Volume: 13 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2079-4991
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MDPI AG
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Switzerland
Language:
English

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Attanayake, Supun B., Chanda, Amit, Hulse, Thomas, Das, Raja, Phan, Manh-Huong, and Srikanth, Hariharan. Competing Magnetic Interactions and Field-Induced Metamagnetic Transition in Highly Crystalline Phase-Tunable Iron Oxide Nanorods. Switzerland: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.3390/nano13081340.
Attanayake, Supun B., Chanda, Amit, Hulse, Thomas, Das, Raja, Phan, Manh-Huong, & Srikanth, Hariharan. Competing Magnetic Interactions and Field-Induced Metamagnetic Transition in Highly Crystalline Phase-Tunable Iron Oxide Nanorods. Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13081340
Attanayake, Supun B., Chanda, Amit, Hulse, Thomas, Das, Raja, Phan, Manh-Huong, and Srikanth, Hariharan. Wed . "Competing Magnetic Interactions and Field-Induced Metamagnetic Transition in Highly Crystalline Phase-Tunable Iron Oxide Nanorods". Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13081340.
@article{osti_1969576,
title = {Competing Magnetic Interactions and Field-Induced Metamagnetic Transition in Highly Crystalline Phase-Tunable Iron Oxide Nanorods},
author = {Attanayake, Supun B. and Chanda, Amit and Hulse, Thomas and Das, Raja and Phan, Manh-Huong and Srikanth, Hariharan},
abstractNote = {The inherent existence of multi phases in iron oxide nanostructures highlights the significance of them being investigated deliberately to understand and possibly control the phases. Here, the effects of annealing at 250 °C with a variable duration on the bulk magnetic and structural properties of high aspect ratio biphase iron oxide nanorods with ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 and antiferromagnetic α-Fe2O3 are explored. Increasing annealing time under a free flow of oxygen enhanced the α-Fe2O3 volume fraction and improved the crystallinity of the Fe3O4 phase, identified in changes in the magnetization as a function of annealing time. A critical annealing time of approximately 3 h maximized the presence of both phases, as observed via an enhancement in the magnetization and an interfacial pinning effect. This is attributed to disordered spins separating the magnetically distinct phases which tend to align with the application of a magnetic field at high temperatures. The increased antiferromagnetic phase can be distinguished due to the field-induced metamagnetic transitions observed in structures annealed for more than 3 h and was especially prominent in the 9 h annealed sample. Our controlled study in determining the changes in volume fractions with annealing time will enable precise control over phase tunability in iron oxide nanorods, allowing custom-made phase volume fractions in different applications ranging from spintronics to biomedical applications.},
doi = {10.3390/nano13081340},
journal = {Nanomaterials},
number = 8,
volume = 13,
place = {Switzerland},
year = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Wed Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}

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