Hysteresis shift in Fe-filled carbon nanotubes due to γ-Fe

The phase distribution of high aspect ratio, Fe-filled carbon nanotubes prepared by pyrolyzing a mixture of powered ferrocene and C_(60) has been determined by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy. Our results for that characterization are closely related to the observation, after field cooling processes...

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Authors: Prados, C., Crespo del Arco, Patricia, González, J. M., Hernando Grande, Antonio, Marcos, J. F., Gancedo, R., Grobert, N., Terrones, M., Walton, R. M., Kroto, H. W.
Format: article
Publication Date:2002
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60113
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60113
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:538.9
Physics
Condensed matter
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Summary:The phase distribution of high aspect ratio, Fe-filled carbon nanotubes prepared by pyrolyzing a mixture of powered ferrocene and C_(60) has been determined by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy. Our results for that characterization are closely related to the observation, after field cooling processes, of a hysteresis loop shift and clearly suggest a spatial phase distribution which includes the presence of a g-Fe/α-Fe interface. The temperature ependence of the hysteresis loop shift is discussed in terms of localized regions at that interface exhibiting uncompensated antiferromagnetism within reduced dimensions.