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Relaxation mechanisms of MNP: (a) Brownian relaxation, entire particle rotates influid; (b) Néel relaxation, direction of magnetization rotates in core. The structure of MNP: core (yellow), shell (green). The arrow inside the core represents the direction of magnetization.
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... relaxation loss in single domain MNPs is explained by two modes: rotational (Brownian) mode and Néel mode. [ figure 9(a) and (b)] The Néel mechanism is analogous to the hysteresis loss in multi-domain magnetic particles whereby there is an 'internal friction' due to the movement of the magnetic moment in an external field that results in heat generation. In the Brownian mode, the whole particle oscil- lates towards the field with the moment locked along the crystal axis under the effect of a ther- mal force against a viscous drag in a suspending medium. ...
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