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Robust Ferromagnetism of Chromium Nanoparticles Formed in Superfluid Helium
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posted on 2016-11-11, 11:52 authored by Shengfu Yang, Cheng Feng, Daniel Spence, Aula M. A. A. Al Hindawi, Elspeth Latimer, Andrew M. Ellis, Chris Binns, Davide Peddis, Sarnjeet S. Dhesi, Liying Zhang, Yafei Zhang, Kalliopi N. Trohidou, Marianna Vasilakaki, Nikolaos Ntallis, Ian MacLaren, Frank M. F. de GrootChromium nanoparticles are formed using superfluid helium droplets as the nanoreactors, which are strongly ferromagnetic. The transition from antiferromagentism to ferromagnetism is attributed to atomic scale disorder in chromium nanoparticles, leading to abundant unbalanced surface spins. Theoretical modeling confirms a frustrated aggregation process in superfluid helium due to the antiferromagnetic nature of chromium.
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Advanced Materials, 2017, 29 (1), 1604277Author affiliation
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2016-09-19Copyright date
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201604277/abstract;jsessionid=11DE4C3C377087770C5162E7DC8E4318.f02t04Language
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