Exchange bias effect in composites of cuo nanoparticles and nanosilica glass

Nanodimensional silica based glass containing iron ions was prepared within the compressed pellet of CuO nanoparicles. The nanocomposite material showed exchange bias effect. This effect arose due to Ferromagnetic iron doped CuO phase and antiferromagnetic CuO interface formation within the nanocomposite during the synthesis process. Coercive held as a function or temperature was fitted with Arhenius-Neel equation and extracted blocking temperature was 511 K. The value of effective anisotropy constant for the nanocomposite was found to be 3.64x10(5) erg/cc. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.