A weak magnetism observed in SnO2 doped with Fe by means of Perturbed Gamma-Gamma Angular Correlation and Mössbauer Spectroscopy

J.M. Ramos, A.W. Carbonari, T. Martucci, M.S. Costa, G.A. Cabrera-Pasca, M.A.V. Macedo, R.N. Saxena
2012 Physics Procedia  
Nano-structured samples of SnO 2 doped with Fe prepared by the sol-gel method were studied by the Perturbed Gamma-Gamma Angular Correlation (PAC) Spectroscopy using 111 In ( 111 Cd) probe nuclei as well as by 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. The samples were prepared from very pure metallic Sn and Fe. Carrier-free 111 In nuclei were introduced during the sol-gel process of sample preparation for PAC measurements. The PAC measurements were carried out after annealing the samples at different
more » ... tures and the results show a combined electric quadrupole and magnetic dipole interaction for probe nuclei that do not occupy the regular Sn sites. The hyperfine parameters revealed weak magnetic interactions.
doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2012.03.677 fatcat:3ri6skip7ve3pinktrgn4qugm4