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NEW CARBON MATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 66-70Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(13)60066-9
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Carbon micro-spheres; Unpaired spins; Paramagnetism; Defects
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51072079]
- State Key Program for Basic Research [2010CB923402, 2012CB932304]
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Interconnected carbon micro-spheres (CMSs) with diameters in the range of 3 similar to 5 mu m were synthesized by acetylene pyrolysis at 750 degrees C on a SiO2 substrate. The CMSs have a graphitic structure with many intrinsic defects. Results indicate that the CMSs show both diamagnetic and paramagnetic behavior. Intrinsic defects have magnetic moments with spin 1/2. Approximately every 1,000 carbon atoms contribute 1.1 mu(B) unpaired spins. The unpaired spins have no interactions with each other and show typical Curie-like paramagnetic behavior.
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