Size and surface effects in the magnetic properties of maghemite and magnetite coated nanoparticles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1927, 2010, Pages 4407-4418

  Ortega, D ^a   Velez Fort E ^b   Garcia D A ^b   Garcia R ^b   LitrAn R ^b   Barrera Solano, C ^b   Ramirez Del Solar M ^b   Dominguez M ^b  

^a DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloch's law; Maghemite; Magnetite; Superparamagnetism

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; NANOMAGNETICS; OLEIC ACID; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

BLOCH'S LAW; CHEMICAL MANIPULATION; COATED NANOPARTICLES; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; FINITE SURFACE; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; MAGHEMITES; SIZE CONSTRAINT; SIZES EFFECT; SURFACE EFFECT;

MAGNETITE;

EID: 77958040130     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0172     Document Type: Article

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