Unraveling Nanoscale Magnetic Ordering in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Assemblies via X-rays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Structural Properties of the Nanoparticle Assemblies
2.2. Macroscopic Magnetic Properties
2.3. X-ray Scattering Patterns: Nanoscale Charge Correlations
2.4. Extracted Magnetic Scattering: Nanoscale Magnetic Correlations
2.5. Dependence on External Magnetic Field
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Chesnel, K.; Griner, D.; Smith, D.; Cai, Y.; Trevino, M.; Newbold, B.; Wang, T.; Liu, T.; Jal, E.; Reid, A.H.; et al. Unraveling Nanoscale Magnetic Ordering in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Assemblies via X-rays. Magnetochemistry 2018, 4, 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry4040042
Chesnel K, Griner D, Smith D, Cai Y, Trevino M, Newbold B, Wang T, Liu T, Jal E, Reid AH, et al. Unraveling Nanoscale Magnetic Ordering in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Assemblies via X-rays. Magnetochemistry. 2018; 4(4):42. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry4040042
Chicago/Turabian StyleChesnel, Karine, Dalton Griner, Dallin Smith, Yanping Cai, Matea Trevino, Brittni Newbold, Tianhan Wang, Tianmin Liu, Emmanuelle Jal, Alex H. Reid, and et al. 2018. "Unraveling Nanoscale Magnetic Ordering in Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Assemblies via X-rays" Magnetochemistry 4, no. 4: 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry4040042