Particles of Cobalt ferrite, CoFe2O4-, were coated with polyaniline (PANI) sulphate and phosphate during in-situ polymerization of aniline in an aqueous solution of sulfuric and phosphoric acid. The PANI-ferrite composites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Structures and morphology of products were studied by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Micr...

We report on the observation of the size effect of thermal magnetization in Au nanoparticles. The thermal deviation of the saturation magnetization departs substantially from that predicted by the Bloch T(3/2)-law, indicating the existence of magnetic anisotropic energy. The results may be understood using the uniaxial anisotropy Heisenberg model, in which the surface atoms give rise to polariz...

Abstract. The magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles and magnetite-thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR) nanocomposites was prepared by melt-blending method has been studied using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The saturation magnetization (MS), remanence (MR), squareness (MR/MS), coercivity (HC) and exchange-bias field (Heb) for magnetite nanoparticles and its nanocomposites increa...

X-ray photoemission electron microscopy is used to probe the remnant magnetic domain structure in high quality, single-crystalline, exchange-biased Fe/MnPd bilayers. It is found that the induced unidirectional anisotropy strongly affects the overall magnetic domain structure. Real space images of the ferromagnetic domains provide direct evidence for an asymmetric magnetization reversal process ...

We report unusual cooling field dependence of the exchange bias in oxide-coated cobalt nanoparticles embedded within the nanopores of a carbon matrix. The size-distribution of the nanoparticles and the exchange bias coupling observed up to about 200 K between the Co-oxide shell (∼3-4 nm) and the ferromagnetic Co-cores (∼4-6 nm) are the key to understand the magnetic properties of this system. T...

The magnetic properties of Ni-Mo metallic superlattices have been examined by magnetization and polarized-neutron diffraction measurements. The samples are ferromagnetic, with an ordering temperature rapidly increasing with the superlattice period A. The saturation magnetization per nickel atom also increases with A, gradually approaching the value of the pure metal. The proximity of molybdenum...

The anomalous Hall effect of wires patterned from (Co{90}Fe{10}/Pt){n} multilayers, with 10<or=n<or=50, is used to determine the magnetization process in a small volume of maze domains. Time-independent 1/f noise appears in samples with a quality factor Q<1 at points on the hysteresis loop where the magnetization reverses continuously. The magnetic noise is associated with reversible excursions...

Compounds of the composition RCr6Ge6 have been prepared and investigated by X-ray diffraction. The crystal structure was identified as the MgFe6Ge6 type. The magnetic properties of the compounds have been investigated through measurements of the magnetization as a function of applied field and temperature. In the compounds with R-=Dy, Ho, Er, no indication of magnetic ordering was found for tem...