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Cobalt Nanocrystals Organized in Mesoscopic Scale

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The emergence of new methods and concepts for the organization of nanoparticles has rapidly induced great hopes in the world of magnetism. In fact, the organization of nanoscale ferromagnetic particles opens a new field of technologies through the controlled fabrication of mesoscopic materials with unique magnetic properties.1 In particular, these ferromagnetic nanoparticles are potential candidates for magnetic storage,2 where the idea is that each ferromagnetic particle corresponds to one bit of information.3 Thin granular films of ferromagnetic particles formed by sputtering deposition are already the basis of conventional rigid magnetic storage media. However, there are several problems remaining to be solved before their application to the storage industry becomes feasible. Devices based on magnetic nanocrystals are limited by thermal fluctuations of the magnetization: Because of their reduced sizes, ferromagnetic nanocrystals become superparamagnetic at room temperature. The dipolar magnetic interaction between nanocrystals ordered in arrays is also an important limiting factor for their use in magnetic storage media. A detailed understanding of the magnetic properties of assemblies of nanocrystals is therefore essential to the development of magnetic recording technology.

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Pileni, MP. (2006). Cobalt Nanocrystals Organized in Mesoscopic Scale. In: Adachi, M., Lockwood, D.J. (eds) Self-Organized Nanoscale Materials. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27976-8_8

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