13C NMR and EPR of carbon nanofoam

• Published in: Physica Status Solidi (b) 2006-11, Vol.243 (13), p.3069-3072
• Main Authors: Blinc, R., Cevc, P., Arčon, D., Zalar, B., Zorko, A., Apih, T., Milia, F., Madsen, N. R., Christy, A. G., Rode, A. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 75.10.Nr; 75.50.Kj; 76.60.−k; Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties; Exact sciences and technology; Magnetic properties and materials; Magnetic properties of nanostructures; Magnetic resonances and relaxations in condensed matter, mössbauer effect; Nuclear magnetic resonance and relaxation; Physics
• ISSN: 0370-1972; 1521-3951
• DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200669152

The 13C NMR spectra of a carbon nanofoam sample, exhibiting a peak in the ZFC magnetic susceptibility, show a single 13C line at room temperature and a two peak structure at 100 K. The splitting and the NMR shifts are however much too small to be associated with true ferromagnetism as for instance observed in TDAE‐C60 below T C. The X‐band EPR spectra show the presence of a least three different paramagnetic clusters with g a = 2.0016, g b = 2.0031, g c = 2.0036 and very different electronic spin–lattice relaxation times. In some samples the CW EPR spectra show an additional rather broad and strongly temperature dependent line shifted to lower fields, which is characteristic of ferromagnetic systems. The results thus show an inhomogeneous super‐paramagnetic or spin‐glass like nature of magnetism in cluster assembled carbon nanofoam rather than homogeneous ferromagnetism. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)