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Magnetite and Other Fe-Oxide Nanoparticles

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Magnetic NPs containing 3D transition metal oxides or relative mixtures are one of the most studied nanomaterials in view of their prospective, ubiquitous applications in quite different areas, the most important being biomedicine, sensor technology, and magnetic recording [1]. According to their usage, magnetic NPs are often either embedded in a diamagnetic solid [2] or dispersed in a fluid; in some cases they are surrounded by an outer shell of a diamagnetic material.

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  1. Center for Space Human Robotics@PoliTO, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Corso Trento 21, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Alessandro Chiolerio & Angelica Chiodoni

  2. Applied Science and Technology Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Paolo Allia

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Chiolerio, A., Chiodoni, A., Allia, P., Martino, P. (2014). Magnetite and Other Fe-Oxide Nanoparticles. In: Bhushan, B., Luo, D., Schricker, S., Sigmund, W., Zauscher, S. (eds) Handbook of Nanomaterials Properties. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31107-9_34

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