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Missouri University of Science and Technology

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

2006

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Large Scale Growth And Magnetic Properties Of Fe And Fe₃O₄ Nanowires, Jinbo Yang, H. Xu, Shaoxin You, X.-D. Zhou, C. S. Wang, William B. Yelon, William Joseph James Apr 2006

Large Scale Growth And Magnetic Properties Of Fe And Fe₃O₄ Nanowires, Jinbo Yang, H. Xu, Shaoxin You, X.-D. Zhou, C. S. Wang, William B. Yelon, William Joseph James

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Fe and Fe3O4 nanowires have been synthesized by thermal decomposition of Fe(CO)5, followed by heat treatments. The Fe wires are formed through the aggregation of nanoparticles generated by decomposition of Fe(CO)5. A core-shell structure with an iron oxide shell and Fe core is observed for the as-prepared Fe wires. Annealing in air leads to the formation of Fe2O3/Fe3O4 wires, which after heat treatment in a N2/alcohol atmosphere form Fe3O4 wires with a sharp Verwey [Nature (London) 144, 327 (1939)] transition at 125 K. The Fe3O4 wires have coercivities of 261 and 735 Oe along the wire axis at RT and …


Structural And Magnetic Properties Of La Mn₁₋ₓfeₓo₃ (0 < X < 1.0), X.-D. Zhou, L. R. Pederson, Qingsheng Cai, Jinbo Yang, B. J. Scarfino, M. Kim, William B. Yelon, William Joseph James, Harlan U. Anderson, C. Wang Apr 2006

Structural And Magnetic Properties Of La Mn₁₋ₓfeₓo₃ (0 < X < 1.0), X.-D. Zhou, L. R. Pederson, Qingsheng Cai, Jinbo Yang, B. J. Scarfino, M. Kim, William B. Yelon, William Joseph James, Harlan U. Anderson, C. Wang

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Electronic, structural, and magnetic properties of Mn-doped lanthanum ferrites were studied by neutron diffraction, superconducting quantum interference device, and impedance spectroscopy. Neutron diffraction refinements were performed with the constraint of full La occupancy, which showed the presence of excess oxygen when x < 0.4. Mixed valent Mn cations and cation vacancies, therefore, exist in all the samples. The samples with x > 0.7 are magnetically ordered at room temperature with orthorhombic symmetry (Pbnm). When x < 0.3 the structure is rhombohedral and magnetically disordered above 16 K. The majority carriers, electron holes, correspond to high oxidation states of Mn. The carrier concentration is determined from the Seebeck coefficients, and is a function of temperature and Fe concentration. The measurements of conductivity and Seebeck coefficients show polaron hopping at elevated temperatures.


Crystal And Electronic Structures Of Linh₂, Jinbo Yang, X.-D. Zhou, Qingsheng Cai, William Joseph James, William B. Yelon Jan 2006

Crystal And Electronic Structures Of Linh₂, Jinbo Yang, X.-D. Zhou, Qingsheng Cai, William Joseph James, William B. Yelon

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The crystal structure of LiNH2 was reinvestigated using powder neutron diffraction with high sensitivity. The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group I4 with lattice parameters α = b= 5.034 42 (24) Å, c = 10.255 58 (52) Å. It is found that H atoms occupy 8g1(0.2429, 0.1285, 0.1910) and 8g2 (0.3840, 0.3512, 0.1278) sites. The bond lengths between the nearest nitrogen and hydrogen atoms are 0.986 and 0.942 Å, respectively. The bond angle between H-N-H is about 99.97°. These results are significantly different from those of previous experiments. The electronic structure was calculated according to the revised structural …