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UCM -
Universidad Complutense
Madrid
Instituto de Magnetismo
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Town (Country):
Local
Contact:
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Madrid (Spain)
Dr. Miguel Angel
GARCIA
Tel.:
E-mail: miguelag@adif.es |
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Background and Activity within
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The Institute of Applied Magnetism
in Madrid (IMA) is a research centre of the University Complutense of
Madrid (UCM), co-sponsored by the Spanish Railway Company, focused on the study of
magnetic materials and their applications, with large experience on technology
transfer. The director is Prof. A. Hernando. IMA has facilities and experience
for nanoparticle preparation by both physical (sputtering, laser ablation,
mechanical milling) and chemical methods that will be exploited for preparing
BONSAI magnetic NP. The IMA group will prepare Au and core shell metallic
nanoparticles NP functionalised with organic molecules modifying the preparation
parameters that control the NP final features (size, shape, surface bonding) by
chemical routes that require basic chemical laboratory instruments and glove
chambers. The structural features will be analyzed (XRD, AFM and HREM) as well
as electronic configuration (EXAFS and XANES) and magnetic properties (SQUIQ and
VSM magnetometry, MFM and, if possible, XCMD). All these facilities are
available except synchrotron techniques which we are subjected to the acceptance
of proposals or collaboration with groups with an easy access to these
techniques (UNIPD). There will be 5 senior researchers and one postdoc involved
in the project with the participation of two predoctoral students (one focused
on NP preparation and structural analysis and other on the magnetic and optical
properties) that will be involved full-time on this research and other two
students expertise in some of the techniques used will involved part time. The
group leader is Dr. M. A. Garcia. Some selected
publications:
P. Crespo, R. Litrŕn, T. C. Rojas, M. Multigner, J. M. de
la Fuente, J. C. Sŕnchez-Lňpez, M. A. Garcěa,
A. Hernando,
S. Penadés, and
A. Fernández
Permanent Magnetism, Magnetic Anisotropy, and
Hysteresis of Thiol-Capped Gold Nanoparticles
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 087204 (1-4).
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