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Microstructure and Magnetic State of Fe3O4-SiO2 Colloidal Particles
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 20, Number 3, 30 Sep 2015, Pages 221-228
P. V. Kharitonskii (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), K. G. Gareev * (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), S. A. Ionin (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), V. A. Ryzhov (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute Named by B.P. Konstantinov, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”), Yu. V. Bogachev (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), B. D. Klimenkov (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), I. E. Kononova (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University), V. A. Moshnikov (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University)
Abstract

Colloidal particles consisted of individual nanosized magnetite grains on the surface of the silica cores were obtained by two-stage sol-gel technique. Size distribution and microstructure of the particles were analyzed using atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Nitrogen thermal desorption. Magnetic properties of the particles were studied by the method of the longitudinal nonlinear response. It has been shown that nanoparticles of magnetite have a size corresponding to a superparamagnetic state but exhibit hysteresis properties. The phenomenon was explained using the magnetostatic interaction model based on the hypothesis of iron oxide particles cluster aggregation on the silica surface.


 

Keywords: magnetite; silica; colloidal particles; superparamagnetism; longitudinal nonlinear response; magnetostatic interaction
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2015.20.3.221
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