Emergence of magnetism in bulk amorphous palladium
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2019-07-31 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Materials Science
Abstract
Magnetism in palladium has been the subject of much work and speculation. Bulk crystalline palladium is paramagnetic with a high magnetic susceptibility. Palladium under pressure and palladium nanoclusters have generated interest to scrutinize its magnetic properties. Here we report another possibility: Palladium may become an itinerant ferromagnet in the amorphous bulk phase at atmospheric pressure. Atomic palladium is a d element, whereas bulk crystalline Pd is a d(sp) material; this, together with the possible presence of 'unsaturated bonds' in amorphous materials, may explain the remnant magnetism reported herein. This work presents and discusses magnetic effects in bulk amorphous palladium.
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@article{arxiv.1904.09166,
title = {Emergence of magnetism in bulk amorphous palladium},
author = {Isaías Rodríguez and Renela M. Valladares and David Hinojosa-Romero and Alexander Valladares and Ariel A. Valladares},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.09166},
year = {2019}
}
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6 Pages, 4 Figures, 1 Table