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Structural Confinement Assisted a Robust Superparamagnetic State in MgNi2O3 and MgNi1.5Co0.5O3 Nanoparticles at Room Temperature

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In this study, ideal spherical-shaped cubic metal oxide nanoparticles of < 30 nm in size were prepared by a citric acid sol-gel combustion method. The detailed structural analysis and microscopic techniques clearly support the existing grade of structural confinement effect in MgNi2O3 and MgNi1.5Co0.5O3. Temperature-dependent magnetisation studies at various applied fields revealed a moderate change of TB near room temperature by distinct particle size. Magnetic crystalline anisotropy and energy barrier density theoretical model results suggested the importance of innermost magnetic particle stability-aided spin orientation with a fascinating magnetic moment in superparamagnetic region exerted by Ni and Co remarkably postured as a significant part of these nanoparticles.

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The author M. Kumaresavanji acknowledges the FCT, Portugal for grant No. SFRH/BPD/75110/2010.

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  1. Department of Physics, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641021, India

    M. Kanagaraj & R. Sofia Jeniffer

  2. Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, 603203, India

    I. Phebe Kokila & Helen Annal Therese

  3. School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India

    P. Sathish Kumar

  4. IFIMUP and IN-Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    M. Kumaresavanji

  5. Department of Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, 630003, India

    C. Sekar

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Kanagaraj, M., Kokila, I.P., Jeniffer, R.S. et al. Structural Confinement Assisted a Robust Superparamagnetic State in MgNi2O3 and MgNi1.5Co0.5O3 Nanoparticles at Room Temperature. J Supercond Nov Magn 31, 3777–3785 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-018-4652-5

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