Anomalous magnetic behavior of CuO nanoparticles

作者：Bisht Vijay^*; Rajeev K P; Banerjee Sangam

来源：Solid State Communications, 2010, 150(17-18): 884-887.

DOI：10.1016/j.ssc.2010.01.048

• CuO nanoparticles
• Magnetic relaxation
• Memory effects
• Spin glass

We report studies on temperature, field and time dependence of magnetization on cupric oxide nanoparticles of sizes 9 nm, 13 nm and 16 nm. The nanoparticles show unusual features in comparison to other antiferromagnetic nanoparticle systems. The field cooled (FC) and zero field cooled (ZFC) magnetization curves bifurcate well above the Neel temperature and the usual peak in the ZFC magnetization curve is absent. The system does not show any memory effects which is in sharp contrast to the usual behavior shown by other antiferromagnetic nanoparticles. It turns out that the non-equilibrium behavior of CuO nanoparticles is very strange and is neither superparamagnetic nor spin glass like.

• 出版日期2010-5