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J Am Chem Soc
; 124(41): 12094-5, 2002 Oct 16.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12371839
ABSTRACT
In this communication, we experimentally report, for the first time, that the MnO nanoclusters with cluster diameters of 5-10 nm show a ferromagnetic behavior with a phase transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic phases at 27 K even though their bulk phase is antiferromagnetic. We observed large coercivities up to 9500 Oe and a large remanence of 1.72 emu/g at 2 K, which are typically observed values for ferromagnetic materials. Although it is not clear, this abnormal ferromagnetic behavior of MnO nanoclusters may arise from cluster size effects.