INVESTIGADORES
BERCOFF Paula Gabriela
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Structural and magnetic characterization of electron- and ion-induced defects on HOPG
Autor/es:
N. BAJALES; P. FELAJ; S. MONTORO; M. ARANA; G. CASTELLANO; J. FERRÓN; P. G. BERCOFF
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Workshop; X Latin American Workshop on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (X-LAW3M); 2013
Resumen:
Pristine carbon materials are
strongly diamagnetic. However, since the early 2000s, the existence of
ferro-(antiferro-) magnetic ordering in these materials has become a
widely-discussed problem. The topic is still controversial, and experimental observations
of magnetism have often been attributed to parasitic signals from transition
metal impurities [1]. Gradually, magnetism of carbon allotropes is getting more
attention, and though the nature of magnetic ordering in all-carbon materials, such
as highly oriented pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) is still not completely clear [2],
one thing seems evident: for the appearance of the unconventional magnetism of
carbon, irregularities in the carbon lattice are crucial. In particular,
ferromagnetism depending on the irradiation dose has been reported for graphite
irradiated with helium and protons [3].
In this work we report structural
and magnetic characterization of HOPG with defects induced by electron and ion
bombardment for di_erent irradiation doses. In order to characterize small
surface changes, we use secondary electron emission (SEE) induced by electron
and ion bombardment and Raman spectroscopy. The structural and morphological
characterization is carried out with X-ray di_raction, atomic force microscopy
and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. The magnetic properties are
measured with a SQUID and magnetic force microscopy.
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