Published January 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

The role of non-collinear spins on the magnetic properties of uncoupled nanometer-size particles

  • 1. Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 (United States) and National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
  • 2. National Research Council of Canada-Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
  • 3. National Research Council of Canada-Industrial Materials Institute, Boucherville, Quebec (Canada)
  • 4. Universite de Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

Description

A study of the magnetic properties of an assembly of non-interacting iron oxide-based nano-particles is presented. The measured average particle size is found to approach the expected thickness of the spin disordered layer. In this regime, the magnetization is characterized by two parameters: Tb above which the particle acts as a single domain, and TE below which intra-particle coupling between pinned and unpinned spins become important

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.07.042;
PII
S0304-8853(04)00800-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
285
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 204-209
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36072915
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING; IRON OXIDES; LAYERS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES; SPIN; THICKNESS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CHALCOGENIDES; DIMENSIONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.