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Determination of the hyperfine magnetic field in magnetic carbon-based materials: DFT calculations and NMR
Jair C C Freitas1, Wanderlã L Scopel1,2, Wendel S Paz1
1Department of Physics, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Abstract:
The prospect of carbon-based magnetic materials is of immense fundamental and practical importance, and information on atomic-scale features is required for a better understanding of the mechanisms leading to carbon magnetism. Here we report the first direct detection of the microscopic magnetic field produced at (13)C nuclei in a ferromagnetic carbon material by zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Electronic structure calculations carried out in nanosized model systems with different classes of structural defects show a similar range of magnetic field values (18-21 T) for all investigated systems, in agreement with the NMR experiments. Our results are strong evidence of the intrinsic nature of defect-induced magnetism in magnetic carbons and establish the magnitude of the hyperfine magnetic field created in the neighbourhood of the defects that lead to magnetic order in these materials.
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