Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticulate Magnetic Materials.pptVIP

Collective magnetic excitations below TB Surface Effects:Temperature Dependence of M?ssbauer Magnetic Hyperfine Fields S. M?rup and H. Tops?e, Appl. Phys. 11 (1976) 63 CME model, double potential well complex potential energy landscape at the surface Velocity (mm/s) 4.2 K 25 K 30 K 40 K 80 K M?ssbauer Spectra of γ-Fe2O3/Solid Silica Nanoarchitectures Bare 12 nm particles 12 nm particles with 25 nm SiO2 shell G.C. Papaefthymiou et. al. Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 024406 Spectral Key: Blue A-sites, Green B-sites of spinel structure Effect of silica shell on the RT M?ssbauer Spectra Bare γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with 4 nm silica shell γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with 25 nm silica shell Behavior typical of strongly interacting particles G.C. Papaefthymiou et. al. Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 024406 Magnetization of γ-Fe2O3/Solid Silica/Mesoporous Silica Nanoarchitectures A-bare * B-4 nm (S) C-25 nm (S) D-25 nm (S) + 10 nm (MS) E-25 nm (S) +21 nm (MS) Typical behavior of strongly interacting magnetic nanoparticles, spin-glass-like systems. * Bare particles are covered with a very thin layer (~1 nm) of oleic acid. Saturation magnetization of the order of ~ 8 emu/g, strongly magnetic Conclusion Ferrihydrite is an antiferro-magnet. Magnetization of ferritin is due to uncompensated spins at the surface → Weak magnetism. Protein coat of only 2.5 nm thickness sufficient to magnetically isolate the ferritin iron cores Maghemite is a ferri -magnet due to uncompensated spin sublattices in its spinel structure. In small particles uncompensated spins at the surface also contribute → Strong magnetism. Silica coat of 23 nm thickness insufficient to isolate the γ-Fe2O3 cores Dipole-dipole interaction ~ Acknowledgements Steve Lippard, MIT Peter Kofinas, University of Maryland Dennis Chasteen, University of New Hampshire Jackie Ying, IBN Singapore Eamonn Devlin, NCSR Demokritos, Greece NSF, EU/Marie-Curie Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticulate Mag