Spin-glass-like freezing and enhanced magnetization in ultra-small CoFe2O4 nanoparticles

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Peddis, D ^a,b   Cannas, C ^b   Piccaluga, G ^b   Agostinelli, E ^a   Fiorani, D ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; CATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DC MAGNETIZATION; EXCHANGE BIAS; LOCALIZED SPIN; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOUR; NON-INTERACTING PARTICLES; SPINEL STRUCTURE; SUB-LATTICES; SURFACE SPINS; ULTRA-SMALL; ZERO-FIELD-COOLED MAGNETIZATIONS;

FREEZING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN GLASS;

SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 77949400719     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/12/125705     Document Type: Article

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