Possible Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Hydrogenated Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

We find that ferromagnetism can be induced in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by introducing hydrogen. Multiwalled CNTs grown inside porous alumina templates contain a large density of defects resulting in significant hydrogen uptake when annealed at high temperatures. This hydrogen incorporation produces H-complex and adatom magnetism which generates a sizeable ferromagnetic moment and a Curie temperature near Tc=1000 K. We studied the conditions for the incorporation of hydrogen, the temperature-dependent magnetic behavior, and the dependence of the ferromagnetism on the size of the nanotubes.

arXiv comment15 pages with 3 figures included; Accepted by Phys. Rev. B

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