Abstract
We report the systematic dc and ac susceptibility studies on the particle blocking and carrier fluid freezing effects on the magnetization and relaxation processes in two different ferrofluids composed of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (mean size of ∼14 nm) suspended in hexane and dodecane, which respectively have freezing temperatures below (178 K) and above (264 K) the blocking temperature of magnetic nanoparticles (∼200 K). Experimental results reveal that these effects play a key role in the formation of glasslike peaks and magnetic anomalies in ferrofluids. Quantitative fits of the frequency dependent ac susceptibility to the Vogel–Fulcher model τ=τo exp[Ea/k(T−To)] clearly indicate that the blocking of magnetic nanoparticles in the frozen state significantly affects the interparticle dipole-dipole interaction, causing characteristic spin-glass-like dynamics.
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