Ferromagnetic Spots in Graphite Produced by Proton Irradiation

K.‐H. Han, D. Spemann, P. Esquinazi, R. Höhne, V. Riede, T. Butz

Advanced Materials · 2003 · 146 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

A proton microbeam produces ferromagnetic spots on a highly oriented graphite surface. The Figure shows the topography and the magnetic force microscopy (MFM) images obtained after irradiating the surface with a beam size of 1 μm × 1 μm and a dose of 0.098 nC μm –2 . The strength of the magnetic signal is only a factor of ∼ 10 smaller than that obtained on Fe particles.

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