Dipolar driven spontaneous self assembly of superparamagnetic Co nanoparticles into micrometric rice-grain like structures

Superparamagnetic single crystal single domain Co nanoparticles of 6 nm in diameter evaporated onto highly pyrolytic oriented graphite spontaneously self-assemble into super structures with an elongated shape. These structures have been studied by optical and scanning electron microscopies, atomic a...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 26(2010), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 109-16
Auteur principal: Varón, Miriam (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Peña, Luis, Balcells, Lluis, Skumryev, Vassil, Martinez, Benjamin, Puntes, Victor
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2010
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article
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Résumé:Superparamagnetic single crystal single domain Co nanoparticles of 6 nm in diameter evaporated onto highly pyrolytic oriented graphite spontaneously self-assemble into super structures with an elongated shape. These structures have been studied by optical and scanning electron microscopies, atomic and magnetic force microscopy, electron dispersive X-ray analysis, and SQUID magnetometry. We propose that the weak dipolar interactions between superparamagnetic dipoles of the cobalt nanoparticles are responsible for the formation of these structures when the dipolar magnetic interactions are strong enough to influence the general process of self-assembly dominated by van der Waals forces between neighboring nanoparticles and between nanoparticles and the substrate during evaporation of the solvent
Description:Date Completed 02.03.2010
Date Revised 29.12.2009
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la902169s