High-temperature ferromagnetism of Li-doped vanadium oxide nanotubes
The nature of a puzzling high-temperature ferromagnetism of doped mixed-valent vanadium oxide nanotubes reported earlier by Krusin-Elbaum et al., Nature, 431 (2004) 672, has been addressed by static magnetization, muon spin relaxation, nuclear magnetic and electron spin resonance spectroscopy techni...
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Published in | Europhysics letters Vol. 88; no. 5; pp. 57002 - 57006 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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IOP Publishing
01.12.2009
EDP Sciences |
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Summary: | The nature of a puzzling high-temperature ferromagnetism of doped mixed-valent vanadium oxide nanotubes reported earlier by Krusin-Elbaum et al., Nature, 431 (2004) 672, has been addressed by static magnetization, muon spin relaxation, nuclear magnetic and electron spin resonance spectroscopy techniques. A precise control of the charge doping was achieved by electrochemical Li intercalation. We find that it provides excess electrons, thereby increasing the number of interacting magnetic vanadium sites, and, at a certain doping level, yields a ferromagnetic-like response persisting up to room temperature. Thus we confirm the surprising previous results on the samples prepared by a completely different intercalation method. Moreover our spectroscopic data provide first ample evidence for the bulk nature of the effect. In particular, they enable a conclusion that the Li nucleates superparamagnetic nanosize spin clusters around the intercalation site which are responsible for the unusual high-temperature ferromagnetism of vanadium oxide nanotubes. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/80W-P5WV13LT-Z publisher-ID:epl12297 istex:2A24FA74B84D4B72CF84F7F01F3A40083D7155A1 |
ISSN: | 0295-5075 1286-4854 |
DOI: | 10.1209/0295-5075/88/57002 |