期刊
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
卷 322, 期 15, 页码 2227-2230出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.02.015
关键词
Iron disilicide; Nanoparticle; Mossbauer; Specific heat
资金
- National Research Council, the Republic of China [NSC 97-2120-M-001-007]
Iron disilicide has been found to exhibit superparamagnetism in nanoparticles, even though no magnetic ordering occurs in bulk. The unexpected behavior was attributed, based on magnetic studies, to chemical disorder. A lack of sextet-type signals in Mossbauer spectra supports that the observed magnetic order is confined to only a very small fraction of magnetic Fe ions. Moreover, quadrupole-splitting and isomer-shift parameters reveal a significant amount of Fe in a short-range alpha-FeSi2 structure, while XRD suggests an overall beta-FeSi2 structure. Such a compositional heterogeneity is also reflected in a calorimetrically obtained spin-glass-like anomaly at low temperatures. Meanwhile, as the particle size decreases, specific heat and Sommerfeld constant are enhanced due to lattice softening and the emergence of surface charge density of states, respectively, in nanoparticles. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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