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Research paper thumbnail of Magnetic interaction and anisotropy axes arrangement in nanoparticle aggregates can enhance or reduce the effective magnetic anisotropy

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2019

The magnetic response of nanostructures plays an important role on biomedical applications being ... more The magnetic response of nanostructures plays an important role on biomedical applications being strongly influenced by the magnetic anisotropy. In this work we investigate the role of temperature, particle concentration and nanoparticle arrangement forming aggregates in the effective magnetic anisotropy of Mn-Zn ferrite-based nanoparticles. Electron magnetic resonance and coercivity temperature dependence analyses, were critically compared for the estimation of the anisotropy. We found that the temperature dependence of the anisotropy follows the Callen-Callen model, while the symmetry depends on the particle concentration. At low concentration one observes only an uniaxial term, while increasing a cubic contribution has to be added. The effective anisotropy was found to increase the higher the particle concentration on magnetic colloids, as long as the easy axis was at the same direction of the nanoparticle chain. Increasing even further the concentration up to a highly packed condition (powder sample) one observes a decrease of the anisotropy, that was attributed to the random anisotropy axes configuration.

Research paper thumbnail of Stoichiometry and Orientation- and Shape-Mediated Switching Field Enhancement of the Heating Properties of Fe3O4 Circular Nanodiscs

Physical Review Applied, 2021

The generation of topological magnetic vortex-domain structures in iron-oxide nanomaterials has p... more The generation of topological magnetic vortex-domain structures in iron-oxide nanomaterials has promising applications in biomedical scenarios, such as heat generators for hyperthermia treatments. In this report we describe alternative kinds of magnetic-vortex nanoparticles, circular Fe 3 O 4 nanodiscs (NDs), and dissect their heating properties by in-depth investigation of their shape and size, stoichiometry, orientations, and switching field "H S " behaviors, through experiments and theoretical simulation. We find that the stoichiometric NDs show better heating performance than nonstoichiometric materials because of the significant electron hopping between Fe 3+ and Fe 2+ ion. The higher heating efficiency (in terms of specific absorption rate, SAR) is observed only for the higher switching field regime, an effect that is associated with the parallel and perpendicular alignment of nanodiscs with respect to low and high ac magnetic field, respectively. A higher SAR of approximately 270 W/g is observed at a higher switching field (approximately 700 Oe) for NDs of diameter 770 nm, which increases by a factor of 4 at a switching field of approximately 360 Oe for NDs of diameter 200 nm. The reported results suggest that the heating efficiency in these systems can be enhanced by controlling the switching field, which is, in turn, tuned by size, shape, and orientation of circular magnetic vortex nanodiscs.

Research paper thumbnail of Magnetic interaction and anisotropy axes arrangement in nanoparticle aggregates can enhance or reduce the effective magnetic anisotropy

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2019

The magnetic response of nanostructures plays an important role on biomedical applications being ... more The magnetic response of nanostructures plays an important role on biomedical applications being strongly influenced by the magnetic anisotropy. In this work we investigate the role of temperature, particle concentration and nanoparticle arrangement forming aggregates in the effective magnetic anisotropy of Mn-Zn ferrite-based nanoparticles. Electron magnetic resonance and coercivity temperature dependence analyses, were critically compared for the estimation of the anisotropy. We found that the temperature dependence of the anisotropy follows the Callen-Callen model, while the symmetry depends on the particle concentration. At low concentration one observes only an uniaxial term, while increasing a cubic contribution has to be added. The effective anisotropy was found to increase the higher the particle concentration on magnetic colloids, as long as the easy axis was at the same direction of the nanoparticle chain. Increasing even further the concentration up to a highly packed condition (powder sample) one observes a decrease of the anisotropy, that was attributed to the random anisotropy axes configuration.

Research paper thumbnail of Stoichiometry and Orientation- and Shape-Mediated Switching Field Enhancement of the Heating Properties of Fe3O4 Circular Nanodiscs

Physical Review Applied, 2021

The generation of topological magnetic vortex-domain structures in iron-oxide nanomaterials has p... more The generation of topological magnetic vortex-domain structures in iron-oxide nanomaterials has promising applications in biomedical scenarios, such as heat generators for hyperthermia treatments. In this report we describe alternative kinds of magnetic-vortex nanoparticles, circular Fe 3 O 4 nanodiscs (NDs), and dissect their heating properties by in-depth investigation of their shape and size, stoichiometry, orientations, and switching field "H S " behaviors, through experiments and theoretical simulation. We find that the stoichiometric NDs show better heating performance than nonstoichiometric materials because of the significant electron hopping between Fe 3+ and Fe 2+ ion. The higher heating efficiency (in terms of specific absorption rate, SAR) is observed only for the higher switching field regime, an effect that is associated with the parallel and perpendicular alignment of nanodiscs with respect to low and high ac magnetic field, respectively. A higher SAR of approximately 270 W/g is observed at a higher switching field (approximately 700 Oe) for NDs of diameter 770 nm, which increases by a factor of 4 at a switching field of approximately 360 Oe for NDs of diameter 200 nm. The reported results suggest that the heating efficiency in these systems can be enhanced by controlling the switching field, which is, in turn, tuned by size, shape, and orientation of circular magnetic vortex nanodiscs.