Table 3 Room-temperature element-specific magnetic moments of Fe and Co cations (µ0H = 6 T, T = 300 K) in 5.1 nm small CFO nanoparticles, bare (S) and Pd decorated (S-Pd), and large 17.8 nm CFO nanoparticles, bare (L) and Pd decorated (L-Pd).

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

Sample

Fe magnetic moments

Co magnetic moment

Magnetic moment CoFe2 (µB)

mSeff (µB)

mL (µB)

mL/mSeff (%)

mtot (µB)

mSeff (µB)

mL (µB)

mL/mSeff (%)

mtot (µB)

S

0.32

0.04

11

0.36

0.12

0.02

15

0.14

0.86

S-Pd

0.80

0.00

0

0.80

0.76

0.23

30

0.99

2.59

L

0.47

0.01

2

0.48

0.24

0.07

30

0.31

1.27

L-Pd

0.76

0.00

0

0.76

0.36

0.16

44

0.52

2.04

  1. Uncertainties are 20% for the effective spin moments, 10% for the orbital moment, and 10% for the ratio of orbital to effective spin moment.
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