Applied magnetic field rejects the coating of ferromagnetic carbon from the surface of ferromagnetic cobalt: RAPET of CoZr2(acac) 2(OiPr)8

Vilas G. Pol, Swati V. Pol, Aharon Gedanken, Vadim G. Kessler, Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva, Mun Gyu Sung, Shigeo Asai

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Abstract

We present the results of the RAPET (reaction under autogenic pressure at elevated temperatures) dissociation of CoZr2(acac)2(O iPr)8 at 700°C in a closed Swagelok cell under an applied magnetic field of 10 T. It produces a mixture of carbon-coated and noncoated metastable ZrO2 nanoparticles, bare metallic Co nanoparticles, and bare carbon. The same reaction in the absence of a magnetic field produces spherical Co and ZrO2 particles in sizes ranging from 11 to 16 nm and exhibiting, at room temperature, metastable phases: fee for cobalt and a tetragonal phase for zirconia. The metastable phases of Co and ZrO2 are manifested because of a carbon shell of ∼4 nm thickness anchored to their surfaces. The effect of an applied magnetic field to synthesize morphologically different, but structurally the same, products is the key topic of the present paper.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6121-6125
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume109
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Apr 2005

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