Strong paramagnetism and possible ferromagnetism in pure carbon nanofoam produced by laser ablation
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2005Author
Rode, A. V.Gamaly, E. G.
Christy, A. G.
Gerald, J. G. Fitz
Hyde, S. T.
Elliman, R. G.
Luther-Davies, B.
Veinger, A. I.
Androulakis, J.
Giapintzakis, John
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Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic MaterialsVolume
290-291 PART 1Pages
298-301Google Scholar check
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We report the production of a hierarchically nanostructured magnetic carbon foam by high-repetition-rate laser ablation of glassy carbon in Ar. The clusters contain both sp2 and sp3 bonded carbon atoms. The material contains graphite-like sheets with hyperbolic curvature, as proposed for "schwarzite". In addition to other unusual properties, the all-carbon nanofoam exhibits para- and maybe ferromagnetic behavior up to 90 K, with a narrow hysteresis curve, susceptibility of the order of 10-5 emu/g Oe, and a high saturation magnetization (up to 0.8 emu/g at 1.8 K). We postulate that localized unpaired spins occur because of topological and bonding defects associated with the sheet curvature, and that these spins are stabilized for >1 year due to the steric protection offered by the convoluted sheets. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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