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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 57: Focus Session "X-ray absorption spectra - state of the art of theory and experiment" (jointly with DS, HL, MM, O), Organization: Andreas Ney (Universität Duisburg-Essen)

MA 57.5: Hauptvortrag

Donnerstag, 17. März 2011, 17:30–18:00, HSZ 403

Can Carbon Be Ferromagnetic? — •Hendrik Ohldag¹, Elke Arenholz², Pablo Esquinazi³, Daniel Spemann³, Annette Setzer³, Martin Rothermel³, and Tilman Butz³ — ¹SLAC National Accelerator Center — ²Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — ³University Leipzig

The existence of long range magnetic order at room temperature in carbon based structures without magnetic elements is very unexpected. Theoretical results from different groups suggest that the existence of long range magnetic order in a graphite structure is possible, if one takes the effects of defects and/or the incorporation of hydrogen atoms into account. SQUID results provided first systematic hints for the existence of magnetic order at room temperature in virgin as well as irradiated graphite samples. We present a x-ray dichroism study of graphite surfaces [1] that addresses the origin and magnitude of ferromagnetism in metal-free carbon. Using element specific x-ray microscopy we can show that metallic impurities do not play a role in the ferromagnetism of carbon and that carbon can be ferromagnetic without ferromagnetic impurities. A detailed spectroscopic study shows that in addition to carbon pi-states, also hydrogen-mediated electronic states exhibit a net magnetization with magnetic remanence at room temperature. The observed magnetism is restricted to the top ~10 nm of the sample where the actual magnetization reaches a value similar to that of Nickel. [1] H. Ohldag et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 187204 (2007) and to appear in New. Jour. Phys. (2011).