Ultralow blocking temperature and breakdown of the giant spin model in Er3+ -doped nanoparticles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Van Den Heuvel, W ^a   Tikhomirov, V K ^a   Kirilenko, D ^b   Schildermans, N ^a   Chibotaru, L F ^a   Vanacken, J ^a   Gredin, P ^c   Mortier, M ^c   Van Tendeloo, G ^b   Moshchalkov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 77957568241     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094421     Document Type: Article

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