Spin reorientation in α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles induced by interparticle exchange interactions in alpha-Fe2O3/NiO nanocomposites

Cathrine Frandsen, Kim Lefmann, Bente Lebech, Christian Robert Haffenden Bahl, Erik Brok, S. N. Ancona, Luise Theil Kuhn, L. Keller, Takeshi Kasama, Lionel Cervera Gontard, Steen Mørup

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review B Condensed Matter
Volume84
Issue number21
Pages (from-to)214435 (10 pages)
ISSN0163-1829
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • HEMATITE NANOPARTICLES
  • Dependence
  • Physics
  • MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES
  • AGGREGATION
  • CRYSTAL-GROWTH
  • ANISOTROPY
  • Size
  • NIO NANOPARTICLES

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