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

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 204-209

  Zavaliche, F ^a,b,e   Bensebaa, F ^d   L'Ecuyer, P ^d   Veres, T ^d   Cochrane, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Irreversibility; Magnetization; Nano particle; Powder; Spin disorder

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWDERS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DOMAIN WALLS; IRREVERSIBILITY; NANO-PARTICLE; SPIN-DISORDER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 10044288532     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.07.042     Document Type: Article

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