• Title of article

    Enhancement of surface magnetization in antiferromagnetic nanoparticles

  • Author/Authors

    Bhowmik، نويسنده , , R.N. and Ranganathan، نويسنده , , R.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    365
  • To page
    368
  • Abstract
    We report enhancement of magnetization below the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature T N in nanoparticles of two antiferromagnets, viz CoRh2O4 and Cr2O3. The enhancement of magnetization below T N is systematic, being larger for sample with smaller particle size. Scaling analysis showed that such enhancement of magnetization in CoRh2O4 nanoparticles is due to the superparamagnetic type contribution of surface (shell) spins. The present work shows that similar analysis can also be applied in Cr2O3 nanoparticles.
  • Keywords
    D. Induced ferrimagnetic order , D. Superparamagnetism , A. Antiferromagnetic nanoparticle , D. Enhancement of magnetization
  • Journal title
    Solid State Communications
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Solid State Communications
  • Record number

    1791299