Origin of Surface Canting within Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
Abstract
The nature of near-surface spin canting within Fe3O4 nanoparticles is highly debated. Here we develop a neutron scattering asymmetry analysis which quantifies the canting angle to between 23° and 42° at 1.2 T. Simultaneously, an energy-balance model is presented which reproduces the experimentally observed evolution of shell thickness and canting angle between 10 and 300 K. The model is based on the concept of Td site reorientation and indicates that surface canting involves competition between magnetocrystalline, dipolar, exchange, and Zeeman energies.
Repository Citation
Krycka, K.L., J.A. Borchers, R.A. Booth, Y. Ijiri, K. Hasz, J.J. Rhyne, and S.A. Majetich, “Origin of Surface Canting Within Fe3O4 Nanoparticles.” Physical Review Letters 113: 147203.
Publisher
American Physical Society
Publication Date
10-2-2014
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.147203
Keywords
Angle neutron-scattering, Polarized neutrons, Magnetite, Separation, Anisotropy, Magnetic nanoparticles
Language
English
Format
text
