Electron holography of core-shell Co/CoO spherical nanocrystals

Youhui Gao; Daisuke Shindo; Yuping Bao; Kannan Krishnan

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Electron holography of core-shell Co/CoO spherical nanocrystals

Youhui Gao, Daisuke Shindo, Yuping Bao, Kannan Krishnan

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Phase profiles of core-shell CoCoO nanocrystals are imaged using off-axis electron holography. Contributions of mean inner potential and magnetic induction to the phase shift are extracted, respectively, to quantitatively characterize the nanocrystal geometry and magnetic spin arrangement in a self-assembled nanocrystal chain. It is also found that the spin of 11 nm diameter Co core encapsulated with 5-nm -thick CoO shell remains stable even at an elevated temperature of 200 °C, indicating that the magnetically thermal stability of cobalt nanocrystals is remarkably improved due to the exchange coupling between the ferromagnetic core and antiferromagnetic shell.

Original language	English
Article number	233105
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	90
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2747052
Publication status	Published - 2007

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