The concept of coupling a nanometer or subnanometer scale oxide phase to a metal surface
to form a metal–oxide hybrid material with novel properties is an attractive approach in the …

Magnetic nanoparticles that are superparamagnetic with high saturation moment have great
potential for biomedical applications. Solution‐phase syntheses have recently been applied …

In this study, cupric oxide (CuO) nanoparticles were synthesized via sonochemical method.
The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared …

Magnetite (Fe3O4) is one of the most actively studied materials with a famous metal–
insulator transition (MIT), so-called the Verwey transition at around 123 K. Despite the recent …

Covering the key theories, tools, and techniques of this dynamic field, Handbook of
Nanophysics: Principles and Methods elucidates the general theoretical principles and …

An extension of the classical thermodynamics to nanometer scale has been conducted to
elucidate information regarding size dependence of phase transition functions and binary …

Both CuO nanopowders and thin films prepared by sol–gel method exhibit room-
temperature ferromagnetism (FM), even though CuO bulk presents a paramagnetism (PM) at …

Magnetic skyrmions have potential applications in novel information devices with excellent
energy efficiency. However, the skyrmion Hall effect (SkHE) could cause skyrmions moving …

Among all antiferromagnetic transition metal monoxides, NiO presents the highest Néel
temperature (TN∼ 525 K). In this work, the size-dependent reduction of TN in NiO …

Finite-size (d= 5.4–112 nm) and surface effects on the structural, optical, and magnetic
properties of ferrimagnetic inverse-spinel MnCo 2 O 4 are reported. For d≥ 87 nm, partial …