Dipolar interactions and thermal stability of two-dimensional nanoparticle arrays

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Stariolo, Daniel A ^a,c   Billoni, Orlando V ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANISOTROPY ENERGIES; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC; ARRHENIUS BEHAVIOURS; AUTO CORRELATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC TIMES; DIPOLAR INTERACTIONS; EFFECTIVE ENERGIES; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE DIAGRAMS; GLASSY BEHAVIOURS; MODEL SYSTEMS; MONODISPERSED; MONODOMAIN; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; ORDERED PHASIS; PARTICLE ARRAYS; REORIENTATION TRANSITIONS; SQUARE LATTICES; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC; THERMAL STABILITIES; THREE PHASIS; TIME WINDOWS; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPIES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 56349116378     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/20/205010     Document Type: Article

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