Strong paramagnetism and possible ferromagnetism in pure carbon nanofoam produced by laser ablation

A. V. Rode; E. G. Gamaly; A. G. Christy; J. Fitz Gerald; S. T. Hyde; R. G. Elliman; B. Luther-Davies; A. I. Veinger; J. Androulakis; J. Giapintzakis

doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.213

Strong paramagnetism and possible ferromagnetism in pure carbon nanofoam produced by laser ablation

A. V. Rode^*, E. G. Gamaly, A. G. Christy, J. Fitz Gerald, S. T. Hyde, R. G. Elliman, B. Luther-Davies, A. I. Veinger, J. Androulakis, J. Giapintzakis

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We report the production of a hierarchically nanostructured magnetic carbon foam by high-repetition-rate laser ablation of glassy carbon in Ar. The clusters contain both sp² and sp³ bonded carbon atoms. The material contains graphite-like sheets with hyperbolic curvature, as proposed for "schwarzite". In addition to other unusual properties, the all-carbon nanofoam exhibits para- and maybe ferromagnetic behavior up to 90 K, with a narrow hysteresis curve, susceptibility of the order of 10^-5 emu/g Oe, and a high saturation magnetization (up to 0.8 emu/g at 1.8 K). We postulate that localized unpaired spins occur because of topological and bonding defects associated with the sheet curvature, and that these spins are stabilized for >1 year due to the steric protection offered by the convoluted sheets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-301
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume	290-291 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.213
Publication status	Published - Apr 2005

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Rode, A. V., Gamaly, E. G., Christy, A. G., Fitz Gerald, J., Hyde, S. T., Elliman, R. G., Luther-Davies, B., Veinger, A. I., Androulakis, J., & Giapintzakis, J. (2005). Strong paramagnetism and possible ferromagnetism in pure carbon nanofoam produced by laser ablation. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 290-291 PART 1, 298-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.213

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