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Title: Ferromagnetism Exhibited by Nanoparticles of Noble Metals
Authors: Maitra, Urmimala
Das, Barun
Kumar, Nitesh
Sundaresan, Athinarayanan
Rao, C N R
Keywords: gold
magnetic properties
nanoparticles
platinum
silver
Gold Nanoparticles
Inorganic Nanoparticles
Clusters
Size
Polarization
Magnetism
Platinum
Silver
Films
Au
Issue Date: 22-Aug-2011
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Citation: ChemPhysChem 12(12), 2322–2327 (2011)
Abstract: Gold nanoparticles with average diameters in the range 2.515 nm, prepared at the organic/aqueous interface by using tetrakis( hydroxymethyl) phosphonium chloride (THPC) as reducing agent, exhibit ferromagnetism whereby the saturation magnetization M(S) increases with decreasing diameter and varies linearly with the fraction of surface atoms. The value of M(S) is higher when the particles are present as a film instead of as a sol. Capping with strongly interacting ligands such as alkane thiols results in a higher M(S) value, which varies with the strength of the metal-sulfur bond. Ferromagnetism is also found in Pt and Ag nanoparticles prepared as sols, and the M(S) values vary as Pt > Au > Ag. A careful study of the temperature variation of the magnetization of Au nanoparticles, along with certain other observations, suggests that small bare nanoparticles of noble metals could indeed possess ferromagnetism, albeit weak, which is accentuated in the presence of capping agents, specially alkane thiols which form strong metal-sulfur bonds.
Description: Restricted Access
URI: https://libjncir.jncasr.ac.in/xmlui/10572/642
Other Identifiers: 1439-4235
Appears in Collections:Research Papers (Prof. C.N.R. Rao)

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