Decorated Ising nanoparticles with high critical temperature

ABSTRACT

The phase transitions of two magnetic nanoparticles and their decorated nanoparticles are examined by the effective-field theory with correlations. They are consisted of two isolated paramagnetic Ising nanoparticles coupled by an exchange interaction. It is discussed whether a ferromagnetic nanoparticle with a transition temperature T_C(N) larger than that (T_C(B)) of a bulk ferromagnetic material is possible.

KEYWORDS:

• Phase diagrams
• magnetizations
• nanoparticles
• decoration

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