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Evolution of the structure and magneto-optical properties of ion beam synthesized iron nanoclusters

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Changes in the structural, magnetic, and optical properties are observed during the synthesis of metallic nanoclusters fabricated on the surface of a thin silica layer by ion beam implantation of iron atoms. Iron atoms were implanted to the fluence of 1016 cm−2. The ion implantation depth in 400-nm thick SiO2 film on a Si (100) substrate was 25 nm. The implanted samples were subsequently annealed for periods of seconds to hours at 1000 °C with Electron Beam Annealing. Ellipsometry and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry spectra were fitted with appropriate models to retrieve the optical characteristics, composition, and structure of the samples. Magneto Optical Kerr Effect measurements and SQUID magnetometry were performed to investigate the effect of the structural changes identified by TEM measurements on the superparamagnetic and magneto-optical properties of the samples during the annealing process. The changes in the Fe crystalline(core)/amorphous oxide(shell) structure and the position of the nanoclusters relative to the surface observed for small annealing durations are shown to enhance the Kerr effect resulting into high coercive field and high amplitude in the Kerr rotation and ellipticity.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology of New Zealand (C05X0802) and AINSE (AINGRA08036).

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  1. National Isotope Centre, GNS Science, 30 Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    J. Kennedy, J. Leveneur, S. Kupke & A. Markwitz

  2. School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

    J. Leveneur & J. B. Metson

  3. Ion Beam Group, Quantum Beam Unit (QBU), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0003, Japan

    Y. Takeda

  4. Industrial Research Ltd, P.O. Box 31310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    G. V. M. Williams

  5. Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    D. R. G. Mitchell

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Kennedy, J., Leveneur, J., Takeda, Y. et al. Evolution of the structure and magneto-optical properties of ion beam synthesized iron nanoclusters. J Mater Sci 47, 1127–1134 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-011-5849-1

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