Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12030456
Keywords
magnetic nanoparticles; nanomagnetism; exchange bias; surface spins; interfacial effects
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In this study, the synthesis and study of iron-oxide-based hollow MNPs and their precursors were conducted to investigate the mechanisms involved in exchange bias generation. The effects of external parameters on the properties of hollow MNPs were also examined. The presence of surface spins was proven to be crucial for exchange bias generation.
Exchange bias (EB) properties have become especially important in hollow magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) due to the versatility and reduced size of these materials. In this work, we present the synthesis and study of the EB properties of iron-oxide-based hollow MNPs and their precursors Fe/iron oxide MNPs with core/void/shell structure. The two mechanisms involved in EB generation were investigated: the frozen spins present in the nanograins that form the nanoparticles and the surface spins. The effect of external parameters on the coercivity (H-C), remanence (M-R), exchange bias field (H-EB) and frozen spins, such as cooling field (H-FC) and temperature, was investigated. Both H-C and H-EB present a maximum threshold above which their values begin to decrease with H-FC, showing a new trend of H-EB with H-FC and allowing modulation on demand. The existence of surface spins, present on the outer and inner surfaces, was demonstrated, and an intrinsic EB phenomenon (H-EB = 444 Oe for hollow iron oxide-based MNPs of 13.1 nm) with significant magnetization (M-S~50 emu/g) was obtained. Finally, core/void/shell MNPs of 11.9 nm prior to the formation of the hollow MNPs showed a similar behavior, with non-negligible H-EB, highlighting the importance of surface spins in EB generation.
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