Van der Waals versus dipolar forces controlling mesoscopic organizations of magnetic nanocrystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Lalatonne, Y ^a   Richardi, J ^a   Pileni, M P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VOLUME FRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

BROWNIAN DYNAMIC SIMULATION; DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC NANOCRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTAL AGGREGATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETICS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0842278809     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1054     Document Type: Article

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