Synthesis and characterization of FeRh nanoparticles

Diana Ciuculescu*, Catherine Amiens, Marc Respaud, Pierre Lecante, Andrea Falqui, Bruno Chaudret

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Abstract

Fe0.8Rh0.2 nanoparticles with an average size of 1.8 nm have been synthesized by simultaneous decomposition of stoichiometric quantities of Fe[N(Si(CH3)3)2]2 and Rh(C3H5)3 in mild conditions of temperature and hydrogen pressure, using hexadecylamine as stabilizer. These nanoparticles display a magnetization of 1.13 μB per iron atom, which is more than two times smaller than the bulk value with the same composition. No surface contamination with iron oxides was detected by Mössbauer spectroscopy. Superconducting quantum interference device and Mössbauer spectroscopy investigations reveal that the origin of this variation may be a core-shell Rh/Fe chemical arrangement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1153-1159
Number of pages7
JournalModern Physics Letters B
Volume21
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 10 2007
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Community Marie Curie Research Training Network — Syntorbmag — MRTN-CT-2004-005567. The authors thank Alain Mari and J.-F. Meunier for recording magnetic and Mössbauer measurements respectively, and Vincent Colliere for technical assistance in TEM imaging.

Keywords

  • Core-shell segregation
  • FeRh
  • Nanoparticles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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