title: Topochemical growth of textured polycrystalline barium hexaferrite from oriented antiferromagnetic alpha-FeOOH nanorods.
abstract: Nanorods of goethite, i.e. alpha-FeOOH, were mixed with BaCO3, dispersed in a polymer solution, and oriented under a 90 kOe magnetic field during polymerization. The orientation arose principally from the interaction of the magnetic field with the anisotropic antiferromagnetism of the goethite particles. The oriented antiferromagnetic particles act as seeds for the topochemical growth of BaFe12O19 ferrite grains along the [0001] direction. The degree of grain orientation was determined using magnetic measurements and orientation distribution functions and pole figures determined by electron backscatter diffraction analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Center for Microwave Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. y.chen@neu.edu
authors.forename: Yajie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Trifon
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authors.lastname: Fitchorov
authors.forename: Jinsheng
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authors.lastname: Gao
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authors.lastname: Koblischka-Veneva
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Koblischka
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authors.lastname: Vittoria
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authors.lastname: Harris