Titanium nitride room-temperature ferromagnetic nanoparticles

I.G. Morozov, O.V. Belousova, O.A. Belyakov, I.P. Parkin, S. Sathasivam, M.V. Kuznetcov

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Abstract

Cubic and near-spherical TiN nanoparticles ranging in average size from 20 to 125 nm were prepared by levitation-jet aerosol synthesis through condensation of titanium vapor in an inert gas flow with gaseous nitrogen injection. The nanoparticles were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET measurements, UV–Vis, FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, and vibrating-sample magnetometry. Room-temperature ferromagnetism with maximum magnetization up to 2.5 emu/g was recorded for the nanoparticles. The results indicate that the observed ferromagnetic ordering was related to the defect Ti–N structures on the surface of nanoparticles. This suggestion is in good correlation with the measured spectroscopical data.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)266-276
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume675
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Mar 2016

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