Orbital and spin magnetic moments of ferrocene encapsulated in metallicity sorted single-walled carbon nanotubes

Antonio Briones-Leon (Corresponding author), Xianjie Liu, Paola Ayala, Hiromichi Kataura, Kazuhiro Yanagi, Eugen Weschke, Thomas Pichler, Hidetsugu Shiozawa

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Abstract

The nature of the electronic and local magnetic properties of ferrocene (FeCp2) filled single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) has been investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). Metallic, semiconducting, and unsorted ferrocene-filled tubes have been studied in different conditions of temperature and magnetic field. XMCD signal becomes evident with the application of a magnetic field at low temperature. We find that the molecular states of ferrocene interact with SWCNT of different metallicities. A paramagnetic behavior of encapsulated ferrocene is observed from the magnetic field dependent XMCD measurements which is consistent with theoretical predictions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2424-2427
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica Status Solidi. B: Basic Research
Volume249
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103015 Condensed matter

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