Surface Effects Leading to Unusual Size Dependence of the Thermal Hysteresis Behavior in Spin-Crossover Nanoparticles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Monte Carlo Entropic Sampling
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Size Dependence of the Equilibrium Temperature
4.2. The Size Dependence of the Hysteresis Loop and the Occurrence of the First-Order Transition
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ANR | Agence Nationale de la Recherche |
BISTA-MAT | Bistabilité Magnétique |
CNRS | Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
GEMAC | Groupe d'Etudes de la Matière Condensée |
LISV | Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes de Versailles |
MECS | Monte Carlo Entropic Sampling |
SCO | Spin Crossover |
UVSQ | Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines |
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Description | Total | Edges | Core |
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Number of atoms | 4(Nx − 1) | (Nx − 2)2 | |
Ligand-field | - |
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Linares, J.; Jureschi, C.M.; Boukheddaden, K. Surface Effects Leading to Unusual Size Dependence of the Thermal Hysteresis Behavior in Spin-Crossover Nanoparticles. Magnetochemistry 2016, 2, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry2020024
Linares J, Jureschi CM, Boukheddaden K. Surface Effects Leading to Unusual Size Dependence of the Thermal Hysteresis Behavior in Spin-Crossover Nanoparticles. Magnetochemistry. 2016; 2(2):24. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry2020024
Chicago/Turabian StyleLinares, Jorge, Catalin Maricel Jureschi, and Kamel Boukheddaden. 2016. "Surface Effects Leading to Unusual Size Dependence of the Thermal Hysteresis Behavior in Spin-Crossover Nanoparticles" Magnetochemistry 2, no. 2: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry2020024