Room-temperature ferromagnetism in graphitic petal arrays.
We report room-temperature ferromagnetism of graphitic petal arrays grown on Si substrates by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition without catalyst. The samples have been characterized by Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to confirm the absence of possible ferromagnetic impurities. The petals exhibit ferromagnetic hysteresis with saturation magnetization of ∼4.67 emu cm(-3) and coercivity of ∼105 Oe at 300 K, comparable to the reported behavior of few-layer graphene. Upon O2 annealing the saturation magnetization and coercivity decreased to 2.1 emu cm(-3) and ∼75 Oe respectively. The origin of ferromagnetism is believed to arise from the edge defects and vacancies in the petals.
Birck Nanotechnology Center and School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Chandra Sekhar
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Rout
Anurag
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Kumar
Nitesh
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Kumar
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Sundaresan
Timothy S
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Fisher
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