Ultrafine metallic Fe nanoparticles: synthesis, structure and magnetism

• Olivier Margeat,
• Marc Respaud,
• Catherine Amiens,
• Pierre Lecante and
• Bruno Chaudret

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 108–118, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.13

• to that of β-Mn, characterized by a short-range order. The average magnetic moment per Fe atom is raised to 2.59 µB (for comparison, bulk value of metallic Fe: 2.2 µB). Even if the spontaneous magnetization decreases rapidly as compared to bulk materials, it remains enhanced even up to room

• analysis of the low temperature Mössbauer spectra, show a broad distribution of large hyperfine fields. The largest hyperfine fields display the largest isomer shifts. This indicates a progressive increase of the magnetic moment inside the particle from the core to the outer shell. The components

• past ten years have allowed the development of precise studies on the influence of size reduction on the magnetic properties of nanoparticles (NPs) down to the nanometer scale. A first spectacular result was the observation of the enhancement of the atomic magnetic moment in NPs of classical 3d

Magnetic coupling mechanisms in particle/thin film composite systems

• Giovanni A. Badini Confalonieri,
• Philipp Szary,
• Durgamadhab Mishra,
• Maria J. Benitez,
• Mathias Feyen,
• An Hui Lu,
• Leonardo Agudo,
• Gunther Eggeler,
• Oleg Petracic and
• Hartmut Zabel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 101–107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.12

• and the Co layer can be obtained from measurements of the magnetic moment vs temperature (Figure 5) after zero-field cooling (ZFC) and field cooling (FC). Generally, the system is first cooled down from relatively high temperatures (here 380 K) in a zero field, then a magnetic field is applied and the

• is the decrease of the magnetic moment in the FC curve for decreasing temperatures below Tb. This trend has already been recognized as indicating a collective particle behavior, a so-called super-spin glass (SSG) state [21][24][27][36][37]. The peak temperature then marks the 'blocking temperature

• section NPs/thin-film system showing the CoO layer at the interface with NPs. (b) The corresponding diffraction pattern where the following phases are identified: 1) CoO (200), 2) Fe2O3 (311), 3) Si (111), 4) Fe2O3 (111). ZFC/FC magnetic moment vs temperature measured in 500 Oe for a NP monolayer (green

Review and outlook: from single nanoparticles to self-assembled monolayers and granular GMR sensors

• Alexander Weddemann,
• Inga Ennen,
• Anna Regtmeier,
• Camelia Albon,
• Annalena Wolff,
• Katrin Eckstädt,
• Nadine Mill,
• Michael K.-H. Peter,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Carolin Plattner,
• Norbert Sewald and
• Andreas Hütten

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 75–93, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.10

• chemical, physical and medical fields [1]. A common example is their employment in microfluidic devices: Due to their permanent magnetic moment, they can be controlled via external, inhomogeneous magnetic fields [2] and also be detected by magnetoresistive sensors [3] which allows for the magneto-based

• important area in the field of nanoparticles based on their interesting properties which provide various advantages in comparison to monometallic nanocrystals. An example can be found with CoFe particles which have a strongly increased magnetic moment per atom in comparison to pure Co particles [29

• longer stable magnetization configurations but the magnetic moment permanently switches between different orientations. For uniaxial crystal anisotropy, the superparamagnetic size limit needs to meet where kB is the Boltzmann constant, T the absolute temperature, Kuni the first anisotropy constant and

Uniform excitations in magnetic nanoparticles

• Steen Mørup,
• Cathrine Frandsen and
• Mikkel Fougt Hansen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 48–54, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.6

• classical magnetic moment, i.e., it is assumed that the magnetization vector can point in any direction [3][4][5]. Below TB, the magnetization direction remains near one of the minima and the temperature dependence of the magnetization can be calculated by use of Boltzmann statistics: where E(θ) is given by

• nanoparticles (Figure 4). The energy of the uniform excitations in antiferromagnetic materials, Equation 16, was derived assuming that the antiferromagnetic material had zero net magnetization, but nanoparticles of antiferromagnetic materials usually have a magnetic moment because of uncompensated spins, for

• example, in the surface [23][26]. This can have a large influence on the excitation energy [25][27]. For example, an uncompensated magnetic moment of only around 1% of the sublattice magnetic moment can result in a decrease of the excitation energy by a factor of two [27]. Neutron studies of hematite

Preparation and characterization of supported magnetic nanoparticles prepared by reverse micelles

• Ulf Wiedwald,
• Luyang Han,
• Johannes Biskupek,
• Ute Kaiser and
• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 24–47, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.5

• interparticle distances of 100 nm on a 5 × 5 mm2 substrate produce a total magnetic moment of only 10–9 Am2 (10–6 emu). Although state-of-the-art SQUID-magnetometry is able to detect the related small signals, the response of the diamagnetic substrate has to be taken into account as well delivering for the

• the saturation moment with the considerations mentioned above, we expected a total sample magnetic moment of 2.8∙10–9 Am2 (2.8∙10–6 emu) taking into account the NPs density at an average distance of 60 nm. Although this estimate is 44% lower than the experimental value, this deviation is acceptable

Preparation, properties and applications of magnetic nanoparticles

• Ulf Wiedwald and
• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 21–23, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.4

• scale of typically a decade is not at all compatible with superparamagnetism. A natural way out of this problem is to look for materials exhibiting an as high as possible magnetocrystalline anisotropy which suppresses fluctuations of the effective magnetic moment of the NPs [7]. For binary alloys like