Probing the interfacial interaction in layered-carbon-stabilized iron oxide nanostructures: A soft X-ray spectroscopic study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 7863-7868

  Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Liu, Jinyin ^a   Zhao, Guanqi ^a   Gao, Yongjun ^c   Tyliszczak, Tolek ^b   Glans, Per Anders ^b   Guo, Jinghua ^b   Ma, Ding ^c   Sun, Xu Hui ^a   Zhong, Jun ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catalysts; interfacial interaction; iron oxide; layered carbon; magnetic property; soft X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DICHROISM; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MULTILAYERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NONMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION X RAY MICROSCOPY; SOFT-X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

IRON OXIDES;

CARBON; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84928533140     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5073996     Document Type: Article

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