Magnetic Nanoparticles with Fe-N and Fe-C Cores and Carbon Shells Synthesized at High Pressures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | FerrMelam 8 GPa/800 °C/30 min | FerrMelam 8 GPa/800 °C/0.5 min + 8 GPa/1600 °C/0.3 min |
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Refined chemical composition | Fe3N1.208 | Fe3N1.259 |
Molecular weight | 184.46 | 185.306 |
Space group | P6322 | |
a (Å) | 4.76180 (4) | 4.79120 (2) |
c (Å) | 4.40300 (6) | 4.41178 (3) |
V (Å3) | 86.461 (1) | 87.707 (1) |
Z | 2 | |
d-calcul. (g/cm3) | 7.085 | 7.017 |
X-ray data collection | ||
Imaging Plate Guinier Camera G670 (Huber) | ||
Radiation | CuKα1 | |
Wavelength (Å) | 1.5405981 | |
Temperature (K) | 293 | |
Refinement | GSAS | |
RF | 0.1032 | 0.0757 |
RP | 0.0083 | 0.0099 |
RWP | 0.0105 | 0.0144 |
Atom | Site | OCC | x | y | z | Uiso |
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Fe | (6g) | 1.0 | 0.3340 (21) | 0 | 0 | 0.0198 (3) |
N1 | (2b) | 0.208 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.025 |
N2 | (2c) | 1.0 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.25 | 0.025 |
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Bagramov, R.H.; Filonenko, V.P.; Zibrov, I.P.; Skryleva, E.A.; Kulnitskiy, B.A.; Blank, V.D.; Khabashesku, V.N. Magnetic Nanoparticles with Fe-N and Fe-C Cores and Carbon Shells Synthesized at High Pressures. Materials 2023, 16, 7063. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16227063
Bagramov RH, Filonenko VP, Zibrov IP, Skryleva EA, Kulnitskiy BA, Blank VD, Khabashesku VN. Magnetic Nanoparticles with Fe-N and Fe-C Cores and Carbon Shells Synthesized at High Pressures. Materials. 2023; 16(22):7063. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16227063
Chicago/Turabian StyleBagramov, Rustem H., Vladimir P. Filonenko, Igor P. Zibrov, Elena A. Skryleva, Boris A. Kulnitskiy, Vladimir D. Blank, and Valery N. Khabashesku. 2023. "Magnetic Nanoparticles with Fe-N and Fe-C Cores and Carbon Shells Synthesized at High Pressures" Materials 16, no. 22: 7063. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16227063