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When colloidal nanoparticles made of soft magnetic materials have strong interparticle interactions, new magnetic phases may be formed, such as super-ferromagnets or super-spin glasses, with different local temperature and field-dependent magnetization dynamics. Magneto-transport experiments on nanoscale tunnel junctions formed in magnetic nanoparticle arrays, defined either by scanning probe tips or patterned nanoscale electrodes, can be used as probes of the magnetization dynamics.
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Markovich, G. Magneto-transport and magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanoparticle assemblies. MRS Bulletin 38, 939–944 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2013.259
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