Spin reorientation in α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles induced by interparticle exchange interactions in alpha-Fe2O3/NiO nanocomposites
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
We report that the spin structure of alpha-Fe2O3 nanoparticles rotates coherently out of the basal (001) plane at low temperatures when interacting with thin plate-shaped NiO nanoparticles. The observed spin reorientation (up to similar to 70 degrees) in alpha-Fe2O3 nanoparticles has, in appearance, similarities to the Morin transition in bulk alpha-Fe2O3, but its origin is different-it is caused by exchange coupling between aggregated nanoparticles of alpha-Fe2O3 and NiO with different directions of easy axes of magnetization.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Journal number | 21 |
| Pages | 214435 (10 pages) |
| ISSN | 1098-0121 |
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| State | Published |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 0 |
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Keywords
- HEMATITE NANOPARTICLES, Dependence, Physics, MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES, AGGREGATION, CRYSTAL-GROWTH, ANISOTROPY, Size, NIO NANOPARTICLES
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