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ROOM-TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISM; THIN-FILMS; ASSISTED PREPARATION; TITANIUM-DIOXIDE; NANOPARTICLES; ANATASE; SEMICONDUCTOR; BEHAVIOR; GROWTH
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Reversible Paramagnetism To Ferromagnetism In Transition Metal-Doped Tio2 Nanocrystals Prepared By Microwave Irradiation, Garry Glaspell, Asit B. Panda, M. S. El-Shall
Reversible Paramagnetism To Ferromagnetism In Transition Metal-Doped Tio2 Nanocrystals Prepared By Microwave Irradiation, Garry Glaspell, Asit B. Panda, M. S. El-Shall
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TiO2nanoparticlesdoped with 1%, 5%, and 10% M (M=Co, Fe, and Ni) were prepared by microwave irradiation and characterized using x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and magnetometry. The as-prepared samples are found to be paramagnetic at room temperature, with the magnetic susceptibility following the Curie-Weiss law in the investigated range of 2–300K. However, transformation from paramagnetism to room-temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) was observed by hydrogenating the samples at 400°C. Reheating in air converted the samples back to paramagnetic while rehydrogenating the samples again induced ferromagnetism. It is argued that the reversible RTFM observed is due to interaction between the dopant metal ions …