Morphological, structural, and magnetic properties of Co nanoparticles in a silicon oxide matrix

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5321-5333

  Diaz M ^a   Martinez L ^a   Ruano, M M ^a   Llamosa P, D ^a   Roman E ^a   Garcia Hernandez M ^a   Ballesteros, C ^b   Fermento, R ^c   Cebollada, A ^c   Armelles, G ^c   Huttel, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Matrix; Nanoparticles; Oxide; Particle agglomeration; Particle wall interaction; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CO NANOPARTICLES; EXCHANGE BIAS; GAS AGGREGATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF CO; MAGNETIC VOLUME; MATRIX; MEAN DIAMETER; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATION; PARTICLE-WALL INTERACTIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEQUENTIAL DEPOSITION; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMIT;

AGGLOMERATION; COBALT; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

NANOMAGNETICS;

COBALT; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; MAGNETISM; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80955142954     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0518-5     Document Type: Article

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