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DOE OSTI2016

Role of nickel doping on structural, optical, magnetic properties and antibacterial activity of ZnO nanoparticles

Highlights: • The XRD analyses revealed that the synthesizes nickel doped ZnO (Zn{sub 1−x}Ni{sub x}O, x = 0.0, 0.03, 0.06 and 0.09) nanostructures have hexagonal wurtzite structure. • The photoluminescence measurements revealed that the broad emission was composed of different bands due to zinc and oxygen vacancies. • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the Ni incorporation in ZnO lattice as Ni{sup 2+} ions. • Room temperature ferromagnetism was observed due to the oxygen vacancies and zinc interstitials are the main reasons for ferromagnetism in Ni doped ZnO NPs. - Abstract: Zn{sub 1−x}Ni{sub x}O nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method. The crystallite sizes of the synthesized samples found to decrease from 38 to 26 nm with increase in nickel concentration. FTIR spectra confirmed the presence of Zn−O stretching bands at 577, 573, 569 and 565 cm{sup −1} in the respective ZnO NPs. Optical absorption spectra revealed the red shifted and estimated band gap is found to decrease with increase of Ni doping concentration. The PL spectra of all the samples exhibited a broad emission at 390 nm in the visible range. The carriers (donors) bounded on the Ni sites were observed from the micro Raman spectroscopic studies. Pure and Ni doped ZnO NPs showed significant changes in the M–H loop, especially the diamagnetic behavior changed into ferromagnetic nature for Ni doped samples. The antiferromagnetic super-exchange interactions between Ni{sup 2+} ions is increased in higher Ni doped ZnO NPs and also their antibacterial activity has been studied.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2014

Electric field control of magnetism using BiFeO{sub 3}-based heterostructures

Conventional CMOS based logic and magnetic based data storage devices require the shuttling of electrons for data processing and storage. As these devices are scaled to increasingly smaller dimensions in the pursuit of speed and storage density, significant energy dissipation in the form of heat has become a center stage issue for the microelectronics industry. By taking advantage of the strong correlations between ferroic orders in multiferroics, specifically the coupling between ferroelectric and magnetic orders (magnetoelectricity), new device functionalities with ultra-low energy consumption can be envisioned. In this article, we review the advances and highlight challenges toward this goal with a particular focus on the room temperature magnetoelectric multiferroic, BiFeO{sub 3}, exchange coupled to a ferromagnet. We summarize our understanding of the nature of exchange coupling and the mechanisms of the voltage control of ferromagnetism observed in these heterostructures.

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DOE OSTI2014

100 MeV Ni{sup +7} swift heavy ion induced magnetism in cobalt doped ZnO thin films

Zn{sub 0.90}Co{sub 0.10}O thin films were prepared using Sol-Gel spin coating method. Films were irradiated with 100 MeV Ni{sub +7} Swift Heavy Ions (SHI) with fluences 1× 10{sup 13} ions/cm{sup 2} using 15 UD tandem accelerator at IUAC New Delhi and its effect were studied on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of irradiated thin films. X-ray diffraction studies show single phase films with preferred c-axis orientation after irradiation. Ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy shows red shift in the band gap of irradiated thin films. Magnetic field dependence of magnetization reveals weak ferromagnetism in irradiated thin films. AFM studies shows significant increase in the grain size and the surface roughness of the films after irradiation.

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DOE OSTI2015

Interplay of structural, optical and magnetic properties in Gd doped CeO{sub 2}

In this research wok systematic investigation on the synthesis, characterization, optical and magnetic properties of Ce{sub 1-x}Gd{sub x}O{sub 2} (where x=0.02, 0.04, 0.06, and 0.10) synthesized using the Solid-state method. Structural, Optical and Magnetic properties of the samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy and VSM. Fluorite structure is confirmed from the XRD measurement on Gd doped CeO{sub 2} samples. Magnetic studies showed that the Gd doped polycrystalline samples display room temperature ferromagnetism and the ferromagnetic ordering strengthens with the Gd concentration.

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DOE OSTI2015

Localization effects in Ce{sub 1.8}Nd{sub 1.2}Al

Electrical resistivity in the presence of magnetic fields for Ce{sub 1.8}Nd{sub 1.2}Al is reported. 40% Nd doped Ce{sub 3}Al is speculated to be at the verge of a Quantum Critical Point (nearness to QCP). A simple look at the resistivity shows no signatures of any structural or Kondo like behavior and RKKY interaction completely dominates the Kondo ordering. This composition is also expected to be near a ferromagnetic instability. However, there is no visible resistivity anomaly. The value of the resistivity is in the range of low end of semiconductor but the behavior is like a metallic one. This indicates the presence of localization terms. The resistivity in various fields is fitted accordingly and the results are indicative towards such a scenario. Magnetoresistance (MR) in all fields is positive and corroborates the results.

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DOE OSTI2016

Formation of hierarchical macro porous YAlO:Ce multifunctional nanophosphors

Hierarchically macro-porous lumino-magnetic yttrium aluminium oxide (YAlO:- YAT: tetragonal; YAG: garnet; YAM: monoclinic) ceramic nanophosphors doped with trivalent cerium (Ce) ions have been synthesized by a novel and versatile self assembly route without the need of any external templates. X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies confirm the presence of dopant and its valence state. Room temperature ferromagnetism in undoped and YAlO:Ce suggest an intrinsic nature of ferromagnetism dependent on host lattice imperfection along with yellow photoluminescence emission explicitly arising due to Ce doping established the non-interfering character of the two phenomena. Such a porous morphology has the potential of the biocarriers and could be engineered to make it suitable for spintronic applications by incorporation of dielectric into the pores and in conjunction with blue light emitting devices which could be used to obtain white light.

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DOE OSTI2018

Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Gd-Doped TiO{sub 2} Nanoparticles

Polycrystalline pure and (1, 3 and 5%) Gd-doped TiO{sub 2} nanoparticles were synthesised by simple sol-gel method. The structure, morphology and physico-chemical properties of samples were characterised by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectra, transmission electron microscopy and N{sub 2} absorption and desorption isotherms. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements revealed that the samples exhibit extended light absorption frequencies in visible light region. The visible emission of TiO{sub 2} is found to be largely dependent on the defects and which were found to be tailored by varying Gd doping concentration. Room temperature magnetic studies reveal the transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic nature which occurs due to the high magnetic moment of Gd ions and its interaction with host lattice.

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DOE OSTI2015

Platinum-induced structural collapse in layered oxide polycrystalline films

Effect of a platinum bottom electrode on the SrBi{sub 5}Fe{sub 1−x}Co{sub x}Ti{sub 4}O{sub 18} layered oxide polycrystalline films was systematically studied. The doped cobalt ions react with the platinum to form a secondary phase of PtCoO{sub 2}, which has a typical Delafossite structure with a weak antiferromagnetism and an exceptionally high in-plane electrical conductivity. Formation of PtCoO{sub 2} at the interface partially consumes the cobalt dopant and leads to the structural collapsing from 5 to 4 layers, which was confirmed by X-ray diffraction and high resolution transmission electron microscopy measurements. Considering the weak magnetic contribution from PtCoO{sub 2}, the observed ferromagnetism should be intrinsic of the Aurivillius compounds. Ferroelectric properties were also indicated by the piezoresponse force microscopy. In this work, the platinum induced secondary phase at the interface was observed, which has a strong impact on Aurivillius structural configuration and thus the ferromagnetic and ferroelectric properties.

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DOE OSTI2018

Effect of oxygen vacancies and Ag deposition on the magnetic properties of Ag/N co-doped TiO2 single-crystal films

Highlights: • Photochemical deposition method to prepare Ag-doped TiO{sub 2} samples. • TiO{sub 2} single crystal films are used for studying room temperature ferromagnetism origin. • Ag element is deposited on TiO{sub 2} single crystal films surface in the form of Ag particles. • Oxygen vacancies and Ag particles synergy influence the ferromagnetism in samples. - Abstract: We employ TiO{sub 2} single-crystal films as a substrate and use a photochemical deposition method to prepare Ag-doped and Ag/N co-doped TiO{sub 2} single-crystal films. We also investigate the optical and magnetic properties of the samples using various measurements. No diffraction peaks related to silver oxide appear in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra, which implies the existence of Ag atoms in Ag-doped TiO{sub 2} single-crystal films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra indicate the existence of Ti{sup 4+} and Ag° in Ag/N co-doped TiO{sub 2} single-crystal films. It is found that Ag is deposited on a TiO{sub 2} single-crystal film surface in the form of Ag particles. Meanwhile, Ag particles can slightly enhance ferromagnetism in Ag-doped TiO{sub 2} single-crystal films compared with the TiO{sub 2} single-crystal film sample. Oxygen vacancies and Ag particle synergy influence ferromagnetism in Ag/N co-doped TiO{sub 2} single-crystal films.

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DOE OSTI2015

Structural, optical, and magnetic properties of Mn and Fe-doped Co{sub 3}O{sub 4} nanoparticles

Mn and Fe-doped Co{sub 3}O{sub 4} nanoparticles were prepared by a simple precipitation method. The synthesized particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques. XRD analysis showed the cubic structure of Co{sub 3}O{sub 4}. SEM and TEM images confirmed the formation of interconnected nanoparticles. Mn and Fe-doped Co{sub 3}O{sub 4} showed broad absorption in the visible region compared to undoped sample and the band gap values are red shifted. Five Raman active modes were observed from the Raman spectra. FTIR spectra confirmed the spinel structure of Co{sub 3}O{sub 4} and the doping of Mn and Fe shifts the vibrational modes to lower wave number region. The magnetic measurements confirmed that Fe-doped Co{sub 3}O{sub 4} shows a little ferromagnetic behavior compared to undoped and Mn-doped Co{sub 3}O{sub 4}, which could be related to the uncompensated surface spins and the finite size effects.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2018

Ferromagnetism in Fe-doped BaTiO{sub 3} Ceramics

Polycrystalline samples of BaTi{sub 1−x}Fe{sub x}O{sub 3} (x = 0.00–0.30) are prepared by solid-state reaction method and their structural and magnetic properties are studied. Detailed investigation of XRD patterns reveal the coexistence of tetragonal (space group P4mm) and hexagonal phases (space group P6{sub 3}/mmc) for x ≥ 0.1. Magnetic measurements reveal room-temperature ferromagnetism in x = 0.15–0.3 samples, and their ferromagnetic transition temperature increases from 397 K for x = 0.15 to 464 K for x = 0.3. The initial magnetization curves for x = 0.15–0.3 are analyzed in terms of bound magnetic polaron (BMP) model. The analysis of susceptibility data in the paramagnetic region by Curie-Weiss law confirms the ferromagnetic transition for x ≥ 0.15 and the effective magnetic moment systematically increases with increase in Fe concentration.

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DOE OSTI2014

Ferromagnetism at room temperature in Cr-doped anodic titanium dioxide nanotubes

This study reports the room-temperature ferromagnetism in Cr-doped TiO{sub 2} nanotubes (NTs) synthesized via the electrochemical method followed by a novel Cr-doping process. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy showed that the TiO{sub 2} NTs were highly ordered with length up to 26 μm, outer diameter about 110 nm, and inner diameter about 100 nm. X-ray diffraction results indicated there were no magnetic contaminations of metallic Cr clusters or any other phases except anatase TiO{sub 2}. The Cr-doped TiO{sub 2} NTs were further annealed in oxygen, air and argon, and room-temperature ferromagnetism was observed in all Cr-doped samples. Moreover, saturation magnetizations and coercivities of the Cr-doped under various annealing atmosphere were further analyzed, and results indicate that oxygen content played a critical role in the room-temperature ferromagnetism.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2024

Coercivity enhancement in hematite/permalloy heterostructures across the Morin transition

Interfacial effects between antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic (FM) materials have long been a center of magnetism studies. Aside from the exchange bias occurring at the AFM/FM interface, controlling the coercivity is another significant topic in magnetic recordings. The coercivity of FM materials is often determined through varying grain size, alloy composition, density of defects, etc., which is set during material growth and offers limited room for modification after growth. Hematite (α - Fe 2 O 3 ) is an AFM material that undergoes a temperature-controlled spin-flip transition, the so-called Morin transition. This transition gives an extra degree of freedom making hematite an intriguing component to study the exchange coupling when interfaced with an FM material. Here, in this work, changes in the magnetic properties of soft magnetic permalloy (Ni 81 Fe 19 , or Py) thin films grown on hematite were studied across the Morin transition. Surprisingly, these samples showed a remarkable change in coercivity during the Morin transition. We attribute this effect to the magnetic domain mixture of hematite during the Morin transition. Our findings present a novel method of controlling the coercivity of plain ferromagnetic thin films.

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DOE OSTI2015

Study of microstructure, dielectric and ferromagnetic properties of the (1-x)Ba{sub 0.95}Sr{sub 0.05}TiO{sub 3}-(x)CoFe{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 0.2}O{sub 4} multiferroic composites

In the present work, (1-x)Ba{sub 0.95}Sr{sub 0.05}TiO{sub 3}-(x)CoFe{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 0.2}O{sub 4} composites are prepared by standard solid state reaction method. The X-ray diffraction measurement of the composites shows that both the phases coexist in the composite, individually. The morphology of the composites were examined by field emission scanning electron microscopy and reveals homogeneous microstructure with two types of grains, smaller grains of the Ba{sub 0.95}Sr{sub 0.05}TiO{sub 3} (BST) and bigger grains of the CoFe{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 0.2}O{sub 4} (CFM). The dielectric studies show that all the composites exhibit dispersion in the lower frequency region attributable to the interfacial polarization. In addition, at lower frequencies, the dielectric constant (ε´) is found to increase with increase in CFM content in the composites. The ferromagnetic properties of the composites improve with the increase in the CFM content.

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DOE OSTI2015

Novel magnetic and optical properties of Sn{sub 1−x}Zn{sub x}O{sub 2} nanoparticles

In this work, we report on the effects of doping SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles with Zn{sup 2+} ions. A series of ∼2–3 nm sized Sn{sub 1−x}Zn{sub x}O{sub 2} crystallite samples with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.18 were synthesized using a forced hydrolysis method. Increasing dopant concentration caused systematic changes in the crystallite size, oxidation state of Sn, visible emission, and band gap of SnO{sub 2} nanoparticles. X-ray Diffraction studies confirmed the SnO{sub 2} phase purity and the absence of any impurity phases. Magnetic measurements at room temperature showed a weak ferromagnetic behavior characterized by an open hysteresis loop. Their saturation magnetization M{sub s} increases initially with increasing Zn concentrations; however for x > 0.06, M{sub s} decreases. Samples with the highest M{sub s} values (x = 0.06) were analyzed using an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer, looking for traces of any magnetic elements in the samples. Concentrations of all transition metals (Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, and Ni) in these samples were below ppb level, suggesting that the observed magnetism is not due to random inclusions of any spurious magnetic impurities and it cannot be explained by the existing models of magnetic exchange. A new visible emission near 490 nm appeared in the Zn doped SnO{sub 2} samples in the photoluminescence spectra which strengthened as x increased, suggesting the formation of defects such as oxygen vacancies. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the nominal Zn dopant concentrations and the 2+ oxidation state of Zn in the Sn{sub 1−x}Zn{sub x}O{sub 2} samples. Interestingly, the XPS data indicated the presence of a small fraction of Sn{sup 2+} ions in Sn{sub 1−x}Zn{sub x}O{sub 2} samples in addition to the expected Sn{sup 4+}, and the Sn{sup 2+} concentration increased with increasing x. The presence of multi-valent metal ions and oxygen defects in high surface area oxide nanoparticles has been proposed as a potential recipe for weak ferromagnetism (Coey et al., New J. Phys. 12, 053025 (2010))

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DOE OSTI2014

Magnetic fields and fluctuations in weakly Mn doped ZnGeP{sub 2}

We report on our measurements of local and bulk magnetic features in weakly Mn doped ZnGeP{sub 2}. Utilizing muon spin rotation and relaxation measurements, we identify local ferromagnetic order and fluctuations in the local fields as sampled by an implanted muon (μ{sup +}). We also report on field induced ferromagnetism occurring above the claimed paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition temperature (T{sub c} = 312 K)

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2014

Hierarchical cobalt-formate framework series with (4{sup 12}⋅6{sup 3})(4{sup 9}⋅6{sup 6}){sub n} (n = 1–3) topologies exhibiting slow dielectric relaxation and weak ferromagnetism

The employment of linear di-, tri-, and tetra-ammoniums has generated a hierarchy in the binodal (4{sup 12}⋅6{sup 3})(4{sup 9}⋅6{sup 6}){sub n} topologies with n = 1, 2, and 3, respectively, for the cobalt formate frameworks with increasing length of the cavities to match the ammoniums. This indicates the length-directing effect of the polyammoniums. The dynamic movements of polyammoniums between favored sites or orientations within the cavities lead to slow dielectric relaxations. All materials are spin-canted antiferromagnets in low temperatures and show reduced spontaneous magnetizations from di- and tri-, to tetra-ammoniums, because of the increased number of unique Co ions or the antiferromagnetically coupled sublattices.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2016

Structure and magnetic properties of chromium doped cobalt molybdenum nitrides

Four nanocomposites containing mixed phases of Co{sub 3}Mo{sub 3}N and Co{sub 2}Mo{sub 3}N doped with chromium have been prepared. A linear fit is found for relation between Co{sub 2}Mo{sub 3}N and chromium concentrations. The magnetization in ZFC and FC modes at different temperatures (2–300 K) and in applied magnetic fields (up to 70 kOe) have been investigated. It has been detected that many magnetic characteristics of the studied four nanocomposites correlate not with the chromium concentration but with nanocrystallite sizes. The obtained results were interpreted in terms of magnetic core-shell model of a nanoparticle involving paramagnetic core with two magnetic sublattices and a ferromagnetic shell related to chromium doping. - Highlights: • A new chromium doped mixed Co-Mn-N nanocomposites were synthesized. • Surface ferromagnetism was detected in a wide temperature range. • Core-shell model was applied to explain nanocomposites magnetism.

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