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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 252593, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/252593
Ferromagnetic Behaviors in Fe-Doped NiO Nanofibers Synthesized by Electrospinning Method
1State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, The Ministry of Health, Beijing 100730, China
Received 5 October 2012; Revised 4 December 2012; Accepted 18 December 2012
Academic Editor: Zhengren Huang
Copyright © 2013 Yi-Dong Luo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
nanofibers with different Fe doping concentration have been synthesized by electrospinning method. An analysis of the phase composition and microstructure shows that Fe doping has no influence on the crystal structure and morphology of NiO nanofibers, which reveals that the doped Fe ions have been incorporated into the NiO host lattice. Pure NiO without Fe doping is antiferromagnetic, yet all the Fe-doped NiO nanofiber samples show obvious room-temperature ferromagnetic properties. The saturation magnetization of the nanofibers can be enhanced with increasing Fe doping concentration, which can be ascribed to the double exchange mechanism through the doped Fe ions and free charge carriers. In addition, it was found that the diameter of nanofibers has significant impact on the ferromagnetic properties, which was discussed in detail.