Synthesis and room-temperature ferromagnetism of cobalt-doped SnO2 nanowires

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 2001-2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Wu ◽  
Ke Yu ◽  
Yongsheng Zhang ◽  
Lijun Li ◽  
Ziqiang Zhu

We have observed ferromagnetism in dilute cobalt-doped SnO2 nanowires at room temperatures. The Co-doped SnO2 nanowires with an average diameter of ∼50 nm were synthesized by the thermal chemical vapor transport method. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analyses demonstrate that the nanowires are single-crystal structures and Co is homogeneously doped into the SnO2 lattice. The ferromagnetic hysteresis curves and temperature-dependent magnetization measurement provide evidence for ferromagnetic properties with a Curie temperature above room temperature. Oxygen annealing has been performed to study the roles played by the oxygen vacancies in determining the ferromagnetic properties of the nanowires.

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (22) ◽  
pp. 4878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Hun Kim ◽  
Ali Mirzaei ◽  
Hyoun Woo Kim ◽  
Hong Joo Kim ◽  
Phan Quoc Vuong ◽  
...  

X-Ray radiation sensors that work at room temperature are in demand. In this study, a novel, low-cost real-time X-ray radiation sensor based on SnO2 nanowires (NWs) was designed and tested. Networked SnO2 NWs were produced via the vapor–liquid–solid technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses were used to explore the crystallinity and morphology of synthesized SnO2 NWs. The fabricated sensor was exposed to X-rays (80 kV, 0.0–2.00 mA) and the leakage current variations were recorded at room temperature. The SnO2 NWs sensor showed a high and relatively linear response with respect to the X-ray intensity. The X-ray sensing results show the potential of networked SnO2 NWs as novel X-ray sensors.


2012 ◽  
Vol 184-185 ◽  
pp. 924-927
Author(s):  
Lei Shan Chen ◽  
Cun Jing Wang ◽  
Gai Rong Chen

The reactions were carried out by decomposing acetylene at 1000 °C in a two-stage furnace system for 10 min. In the first furnace no catalyst was placed and an AAO template with the average diameter about 50 nm was placed in the second furnace whose temperature was designed to be 500 °C, 600 °C and 700 °C. The samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The results show that carbon spheres with average diameter about 50 nm on the AAO template surface were obtained when the temperature of the second furnace was designed to be 700 °C. These carbon spheres are composed of unclosed graphene layers with an interlayer distance of 0.33–0.35 nm between the layers.


2002 ◽  
Vol 744 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Y. Garces ◽  
Lijun Wang ◽  
M. M. Chirila ◽  
L. E. Halliburton ◽  
N. C. Giles

ABSTRACTZinc oxide (ZnO) crystals grown by the seeded chemical vapor transport method have been studied using photoluminescence (PL), thermoluminescence (TL), and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques. Lithium acceptors were diffused into the crystals during anneals in LiF powder at temperatures in the 750 to 850°C range. After a lithium diffusion, EPR was used to monitor neutral lithium acceptors and neutral shallow donors, as well as Ni3+, Fe3+, and Cu2+ impurities unintentionally present. Excitonic and deep-level PL emissions were also monitored before and after these diffusions. Two broad overlapping TL emission bands were observed at 117 and 145 K when a Li-diffused crystal was illuminated at 77 K with 325-nm light and then rapidly warmed to room temperature. The two TL bands have the same spectral dependence (the peak in wavelength is 540 nm when the intensity of the light reaches a maximum). These “glow” peaks occur when electrons are thermally released from Ni2+ and Fe2+ ions and recombine with holes at neutral lithium acceptors.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1035 ◽  
pp. 488-491
Author(s):  
Jing Jing Li ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Han Sheng Li ◽  
Qin Wu ◽  
Qing Ze Jiao

Hollow nickel ferrite microspheres with a diameter of about 1.5 to 2.5 μm were synthesized using an emulsion-based solvothermal method in combination with calcination at 550°C. The structures and morphologies of the nickel ferrite microspheres were characterized using an X-ray diffractometer, a transmission electron microscopy and a field emission scanning electron microscopy. Magnetization measurement was carried out using a vibrating sample magnetometer at room temperature. The saturation magnetization and coercivity of nickel ferrite microspheres could reach 19.41 emu/g and 202.28 Oe, respectively. Hollow nickel ferrite microspheres might be used as catalysts, magnetic materials and microwave absorbers.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Letian Lin ◽  
Lu-Chang Qin ◽  
Sean Washburn ◽  
Scott Paulson

AbstractThe properties of a carbon nanotube (CNT), in particular a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT), are highly sensitive to the atomic structure of the nanotube described by its chirality (chiral indices). We have grown isolated SWNTs on a silicon substrate using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and patterned sub-micron probes using electron beam lithography. The SWNT was exposed by etching the underlying substrate for transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging and diffraction studies. For each individual SWNT, its electrical resistance was measured by the four-probe method at room temperature and the chiral indices of the same SWNT were determined by nano-beam electron diffraction. The contact resistances were reduced by annealing to typically 3-5 kΩ. We have measured the I-V curve and determined the chiral indices of each nanotube individually from four SWNTs selected randomly – two are metallic and two are semiconducting. We will present the electrical resistances in correlation with the carbon nanotube diameter as well as the band gap calculated from the determined chiral indices for the semiconducting carbon nanotubes. These experimental results are also discussed in connection with theoretical estimations.


2006 ◽  
Vol 955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H Kane ◽  
William Fenwick ◽  
Nola Li ◽  
Shalini Gupta ◽  
Eun Hyun Park ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe incorporation of transition metals in GaN has long been of interest in spintronics due to theoretical predictions of room temperature ferromagnetism in these materials. However, the mechanism of the observed ferromagnetism of the nitride-based DMS is still controversial, and may originate from a carrier-mediated, defect-related or nanoscale clustering mechanism. In this work, we present a comparative study of the incorporation of various transition metals and their effect on the optical, structural, and magnetic properties of GaN. Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) has been employed to produce epitaxial films of varying thickness and manganese and iron doping using bis-cyclopentyldienyl(magnanese,iron) as the transition metal sources. High-resolution X-ray diffraction reveals no secondary phases under optimized growth conditions. Magnetic hysteresis is observed at room temperature in both GaMnN and GaFeN, though the strength of the magnetic ordering is roughly an order of magnitude weaker in the Fe-alloyed samples. Increasing Mn concentrations significantly affect long-range lattice ordering, and the observation of local vibrational modes (LVMs) supports the formation of nitrogen vacancies, even under optimized MOCVD growth conditions. Such vacancies form shallow donor complexes and thus contribute to self-compensation. A disorder-induced mode at 300 cm−1 and a LVM due to vacancies at 669 cm-1 were revealed by Raman spectroscopy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 874 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Bo Wang ◽  
Zhen Yu Zhang ◽  
Neng Dong Duan ◽  
Ji Lei Lyu ◽  
Guo Xin Chen ◽  
...  

In this study, nanotwinned surface is fabricated on a Nickel alloy by means of a developed diamond panel with tips array. The diamond panel has an area of 10×10 mm2, and is grown using microwave chemical vapor deposition. The diamond tips are submicron in radius and formed on a silicon substrate with an array full of uniformed inverted pyramid pits. The nanotwinned surface is produced under the pressure of 1 MPa exerted by the diamond panel with tips array. Nanotwins are confirmed using transmission electron microscopy. The nanotwinned surface is generated by indention of diamond panel at room temperature using mechanical force, neither material removal nor chemical reagents. This is different from previous reports, in which high temperature, high pressure, chemical reagents or vacuum conditions are employed usually.


2004 ◽  
Vol 834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mason J. Reed ◽  
M. Oliver Luen ◽  
Meredith L. Reed ◽  
Salah M. Bedair ◽  
Fevzi Erdem Arkun ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe magnetic properties of GaMnN, grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, depend on the addition of dopants; where undoped materials are ferromagnetic, and n -type (Si-doped) and p -type (Mg-doped) films are either ferromagnetic or paramagnetic depending on dopant concentration. The ferromagnetism of this material system seems correlated to Fermi level position, and is observed only when the Fermi level is within or close to the Mn energy band. This allows ferromagnetism-mediating carriers to be present in the Mn energy band. The current results exclude precipitates or clusters as the origin of room temperature ferromagnetism in GaMnN.


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