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magnetic nanoparticles with Ferromagnetic Core/Antiferromagnetic shell morphology. Mod.
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39. P. Guardia, B. Batlle-Brugal, A.G. Roca, O. Iglesias, M.P. Morales, C.J. Serna, A. Labarta, X.
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22. S.K. Sharma, J.M. Vargas, M. Knobel, K.R. Pirota, C.T. Meneses, S. Kumar, C.G. Lee, P.G.
Pagliuso, C. Rettori, Synthesis and tuning the exchange bias in Ni–NiO nanoparticulate systems.
J. Appl. Phys. 107, 850 (2010)
23. A. Kostopoulou, S.K.P. Velu, K. Thangavel, F. Orsini, K. Brintakis, S. Psycharakis, A.
Ranella, L. Bordonali, A. Lappas, A. Lascialfari, Colloidal assemblies of oriented maghemite
nanocrystals and their NMR relaxometric properties. Dalt. Trans. 43, 8395–8404 (2014)
24. A. Kostopoulou, A. Lappas, Colloidal magnetic nanocrystal clusters: variable length-scale
interaction mechanisms, synergetic functionalities and technological advantages. Nanotechnol.
Rev. 4, 595–624 (2015)
25. L. Lartigue, P. Hugounenq, D. Alloyeau, S.P. Clarke, M. Lévy, J.C. Bacri, R. Bazzi, D.F.
Brougham, C. Wilhelm, F. Gazeau, Cooperative organization in iron oxide multi-core nanoparticles potentiates their efficiency as heating mediators and MRI contrast agents. ACS Nano 6,
10935–10949 (2012)
26. V. Iannotti, S. Amoruso, G. Ausanio, R. Bruzzese, L. Lanotte, A.C. Barone, G. Margaris, K.N.
Trohidou, D. Fiorani, Stepwise behaviour of magnetization temperature dependence in iron
nanoparticle assembled films. Nanotechnology. 24, 165706 (2013)
27. A. Kostopoulou, K. Brintakis, M. Vasilakaki, K.N. Trohidou, A.P. Douvalis, A. Lascialfari,
L. Manna, A. Lappas, Assembly-mediated interplay of dipolar interactions and surface spin
disorder in colloidal. Nanoscale. 6, 3764–3776 (2014)
28. G. Margaris, K.N. Trohidou, V. Iannotti, G. Ausanio, L. Lanotte, D. Fiorani, Magnetic behavior
of dense nanoparticle assemblies: Interplay of interparticle interactions and particle system
morphology. Phys. Rev. B. 86, 214425 (2012)
29. N. Domingo, D. Fiorani, A.M. Testa, C. Binns, S. Baker, J. Tejada, Exchange bias in a superspin
glass system of Co particles in Mn matrix. J. Phys. DAppl. Phys. 134009, 41 (2008)
30. N. Domingo, A.M. Testa, D. Fiorani, C. Binns, S. Baker, J. Tejada, Exchange bias in Co
nanoparticles embedded in an Mn matrix 316, 155–158 (2007)
31. C. Binns, N. Domingo, A.M. Testa, D. Fiorani, K.N. Trohidou, M. Vasilakaki, J.A. Blackman,
A.M. Asaduzzaman, S. Baker, M. Roy, D. Peddis, Interface exchange coupling in Co
nanoparticles dispersed in a Mn matrix, J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 22, 436005 (2010)
32. G. Margaris, M. Vasilakaki, D. Peddis, K.N. Trohidou, S. Laureti, C. Binns, E. Agostinelli, D.
Rinaldi, R. Mathieu, D. Fiorani, Superspin glass state in a diluted nanoparticle system stabilized
by interparticle interactions mediated by an antiferromagnetic matrix. Nanotechnology. 28, 1–8
(2017)
33. E.C. Stoner, F.R.S. Wohlfarth, E.P. Wohlfarth, On a mechanism of magnetic hysteresis in
heterogeneous alloys. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London. 240, 599 (1948)
34. G. Margaris, K. Trohidou, H. Kachkachi, Surface effects on the magnetic behavior of
nanoparticle assemblies. Phys. Rev. B. 85, 1–9 (2012)
35. M. Vasilakaki, K.N. Trohidou, D. Peddis, D. Fiorani, R. Mathieu, M. Hudl, P. Nordblad, C.
Binns, S. Baker, Memory effects on the magnetic behavior of assemblies of nanoparticles with
ferromagnetic core/ antiferromagnetic shell morphology, Phys. Rev. B. 88, 140402(R)pp 1–5
(2013)
36. E. Metropolis, N., Rosenbluth, A., Rosenbluth, M., Teller, A., Teller, Equation of State
Calculations by Fast Computing Machines, J. Chem. Phys. 21, 1087–1092 (1953)
37. K. Binder, Applications of the Monte-Carlo Method in Statistical Physics (Springer-Verlag,
NY, 1987)
38. E. Eftaxias, M. Vasilakaki, K.N. Trohidou, A Monte Carlo study of the exchange bias effects in
magnetic nanoparticles with Ferromagnetic Core/Antiferromagnetic shell morphology. Mod.
Phys. Lett. B 21, 1169–1177 (2007)
39. P. Guardia, B. Batlle-Brugal, A.G. Roca, O. Iglesias, M.P. Morales, C.J. Serna, A. Labarta, X.
Batlle, Surfactant effects in magnetite nanoparticles of controlled size. J. Magn. Magn. Mater.
316, 756–759 (2007)
40. B.D. Cullity, C.D. Graham, Introduction to Magnetic Materials, xvii (Wiley, New Jersey, 2008)
41. M. Vasilakaki, G. Margaris, E. Eftaxias, K.N. Trohidou, Monte Carlo study of the Exchange
Bias Effects in Magnetic Nanoparticles with Core-Shell Morphology, in Exchange Bias: From