Size effects on the Néel temperature of antiferromagnetic NiO nanoparticles

Among all antiferromagnetic transition metal monoxides, NiO presents the highest Néel temperature (TN ∼ 525 K). In this work, the size-dependent reduction of TN in NiO nanoparticles with average diameters (D) ranging from 4 to 9 nm is investigated by neutron diffraction. The scaling law followed by...

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Main Authors: Natalia Rinaldi-Montes, Pedro Gorria, David Martínez-Blanco, Antonio B. Fuertes, Inés Puente-Orench, Luca Olivi, Jesús A. Blanco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4943062