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Element-specific contributions to improved magnetic heating of theranostic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles decorated with Pd

  • Decoration with Pd clusters increases the magnetic heating ability of cobalt ferrite (CFO) nanoparticles by a factor of two. The origin of this previous finding is unraveled by element-specific X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) combined with atomic multiplet simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. While the comparison of XAS spectra with atomic multiplet simulations show that the inversion degree is not affected by Pd decoration and, thus, can be excluded as a reason for the improved heating performance, XMCD reveals two interrelated responsible sources: significantly larger Fe and Co magnetic moments verify an increased total magnetization which enhances the magnetic heating ability. This is accompanied by a remarkable change in the field-dependent magnetization particularly for Co ions which exhibit an increased low-field susceptibility and a reduced spin canting behavior in higher magnetic fields. Using DFT calculations, these findings are explained by reduced superexchange between ions on octahedral lattice sites via oxygen in close vicinity of Pd, which reinforces the dominating antiparallel superexchange interaction between ions on octahedral and tetrahedral lattice sites and thus reduces spin canting. The influence of the delocalized nature of Pd 4d electrons on the neighboring ions is discussed and the conclusions are illustrated with spin density isosurfaces of the involved ions. The presented results pave the way to design nanohybrids with tailored electronic structure and magnetic properties.

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Author:S. Fatemeh Shams, Detlef Schmitz, Alevtina Smekhova, Mohammad Reza Ghazanfari, Margret Giesen, Eugen Weschke, Kai Chen, Chen Luo, Florin Radu, Carolin Schmitz-AntoniakORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-14756
DOI (Version of Record):https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95189-y
ISSN:2045-2322
Parent Title (English):Scientific Reports
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Publication:2021
Publishing Institution:Technische Hochschule Wildau
Release Date:2021/08/26
Volume:11
Article Number:15843
Source:Shams, S.F., Schmitz, D., Smekhova, A. et al. Element-specific contributions to improved magnetic heating of theranostic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles decorated with Pd. Sci Rep 11, 15843 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95189-y
Faculties an central facilities:Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
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