High Coercivity of Oleic Acid Capped CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles at Room Temperature
- 12 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 113 (27), 9070-9076
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp810975v
Abstract
High coercivity (9.47 kOe) has been obtained for oleic acid capped chemically synthesized CoFe2O4 nanoparticles of crystallite size ∼20 nm. X-ray diffraction analysis confirms the formation of spinel phase in these nanoparticles. Thermal annealing at various temperatures increases the particle size and ultimately shows bulk like properties at particle size ∼56 nm. The nature of bonding of oleic acid with CoFe2O4 nanoparticles and amount of oleic acid in the sample is determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogrvimetric analysis, respectively. The Raman analysis suggests that the samples are under strain due to capping molecules. Cation distribution in the sample is studied using Mössbauer spectroscopy. Oleic acid concentration dependent studies show that the amount of capping molecules plays an important role in achieving such a high coercivity. On the basis of above observations, it has been proposed that very high coercivity (9.47 kOe) is the result of the magnetic anisotropy, strain, and disorder of the surface spins developed by covalently bonded oleic acid to the surface of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles.Keywords
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