The effect of carbon encapsulation on the magnetic properties of Ni nanoparticles produced by arc discharge in de-ionized water

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作者
Ang, KH [1 ]
Alexandrou, I
Mathur, ND
Amaratunga, GAJ
Haq, S
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Engn, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, England
[2] Univ Liverpool, Dept Elect Engn & Elect, Liverpool L69 3GJ, Merseyside, England
[3] Univ Cambridge, Dept Mat Sci & Met, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, England
[4] BAE Syst, Ctr Adv Technol, Bristol BS34 7QW, Avon, England
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10.1088/0957-4484/15/5/020
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TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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Despite intensive research on optimizing the methods for depositing carbon encapsulated ferromagnetic nanoparticles, the effect of the carbon cages remains unclear. In the present work, the effect of the graphitic cages on the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core has been studied by comparing the magnetic properties of pure and carbon encapsulated Ni particles of the same size. The carbon encapsulated Ni particles were formed using an electric arc discharge in de-ionized water between a solid graphite cathode and an anode consisting of Ni and C in a mass ratio of Ni:C = 7:3. This method is shown to have potential for low cost production of carbon encapsulated Ni nanoparticle samples with narrow particle size distributions. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analysis were used to study the crystallography, morphology, and size distribution of the encapsulated and pure Ni nanoparticle samples. The availability of encapsulated particles with various sizes allowed us to elucidate the role of carbon cages in size-dependent properties. Our data suggest that even though encapsulation is beneficial for protection against hostile chemical environments and for avoiding low proximity phenomena, it suppresses the saturation magnetization of the Ni cores.
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