Table 1 Sample labelling, composition, mean crystallite diameter, degree of inversion from XANES and XMCD, Pd content (where applicable), and mass magnetization from VSM in a magnetic field of 6 T at temperatures of 8 K and 300 K, respectively.

From: Element-specific contributions to improved magnetic heating of theranostic CoFe2O4 nanoparticles decorated with Pd

Sample

Composition

CFO crystallite diameter (nm)

Degree of inversion

Pd (wt%)

Mass magnetization M(6 T) (Am2/kg)

300 K

5 K

Fe

Co

Fe

Co

300 K8

8 K

S

bare CFO

5.1 ± 5%

0.79

0.72

0.80

0.79

8 ± 1

15 ± 2

S-Pd

Pd decorated CFO

5.1 ± 5%

0.85

0.75

0.82

0.80

1.61

33 ± 5

48 ± 7

L

bare CFO

17.8 ± 5%

0.84

0.72

0.83

0.79

15 ± 2

30 ± 5

L-Pd

Pd decorated CFO

17.8 ± 5%

0.83

0.80

0.83

0.79

1.31

30 ± 5

47 ± 7