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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2011.21.6.198

Differences in the Electronic Structures of Bulk and Powder FeV2O4 Spinel Oxide Investigated by Using Synchrotron Radiation  

Hwang, Ji-Hoon (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, D.H. (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Eun-Sook (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kang, J.S. (Department of Physics, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, W.C. (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, C.S. (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Han, S.W. (Department of Physics, University of Ulsan)
Hong, S.C. (Department of Physics, University of Ulsan)
Park, B.G. (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH)
Kim, J.Y. (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH)
Abstract
The electronic structure of ferrimagnetic spinel oxide of $FeV_2O_4$ has been investigated by employing soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). The Fe 2p and V 2p XAS spectra show that the valence states of Fe and V ions are ${\sim}Fe^{2.3+}$ mixed-valent states and ${\sim}V^{3+}$ states, respectively. In Fe 2p XMCD spectra, finite XMCD signals are observed for divalent $Fe^{2+}$ states only, but not for $Fe^{3+}$ states. This finding indicates that the magnetic moments of $Fe^{2+}$ ions are ordered ferromagnetically but that those of $Fe^{3+}$ ions are cancelled, implying that $Fe^{2+}$ ions play an important role in determining magnetic properties of $FeV_2O_4$.
Keywords
$FeV_2O_4$; XAS; XMCD; electronic structure; spinel; ferrimagnetism;
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