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The dielectric properties of MnFe$_2$O$_4$ and $\gamma$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ magnetic nanoparticles embedded in insulating matrices were investigated. The samples showed frequency dependent dielectric anomalies coincident with the magnetic blocking…

Some of the synthesis methods and physical properties of iron-oxide based magnetic nanoparticles such as Fe3-xO4 and CoxFe3-xO4 are reviewed because of their interest in health, environmental applications, and ultra-high-density magnetic…

A remarkably high saturation magnetization of ~0.4mu_B/Fe along with room temperature ferromagnetic hysteresis loop has been observed in nanoscale (4-40 nm) multiferroic BiFeO_3 which in bulk form exhibits weak magnetization (~0.02mu_B/Fe)…

The 0.5(BiGdxFe1-xO3)-0.5(PbZrO3) composite was synthesized using a high temperature solid-state reaction technique. Preliminary X-ray structural analysis confirms the formation of the composite. The dielectric constant and loss tangent…

The size dependence of the ferroelectric properties of BaTiO$_3$ nanowires is studied from first-principles. We show that the ferroelectric distortion along the wire axis disappears below a critical diameter of about 1.2 nm. This…

We present results of an {\it ab initio} density functional theory study of three bismuth-based multiferroics, BiFeO$_{3}$, Bi$_{2}$FeCrO$_{6}$, and BiCrO$_{3}$. We disuss differences in the crystal and electronic structure of the three…

We present a unique example of giant magnetoelectric effect in a conventional multiferroic HoMnO3, where polarization is very large (~56 mC/m2) and the ferroelectric transition temperature is higher than the magnetic ordering temperature by…

The magnetic properties of the hole(x)-doped Mott-Hubbard, antiferromagnetic insulator, NdTiO3, have been investigated in Nd1-xTiO3. For the materials in 0.010(6) < x < 0.112(4), correlation between the structural and magnetic properties is…

We study and compare magnetic and electron paramagnetic resonance behaviors of bulk and nanoparticles of Nd(1-x)CaxMnO3 in hole doped (x = 0.4;NCMOH) and electron doped (x = 0.6;NCMOE) samples. NCMOH in bulk form shows a complex temperature…

We present the fabrication and exploration of arrays of nanodots of $SrRuO_3$ with dot sizes between 500 nm and 15 nm. Down to the smallest dot size explored, the samples were found to be magnetic with a maximum of the Curie temperature…

Multifunctional oxides are promising materials because of their fundamental physical properties as well as their potential in applications1. Among these materials, multiferroics exhibiting ferroelectricity and magnetism are good candidates…

Using first principles calculations, we present a magnetostructural effect in the BiFeO3-BiMnO3 nanocheckerboard that is not found in either bulk parent compound or in BiFeO3-BiMnO3 superlattices. We also demonstrate that the atomic-scale…

The existence of magnetostriction in bulk BiFeO3 is still a matter of investigation and it is also an issue to investigate the magnetostriction effect in nano BiFeO3. Present work demonstrates the existence of magnetostrictive strain in…

Tuning the lattice degree of freedom in nanoscale functional crystals is critical to exploit the emerging functionalities such as piezoelectricity, shape-memory effect, or piezomagnetism, which are attributed to the intrinsic lattice-polar…

The kinetics of order-disorder transition of FePt nanoparticles during high temperature annealing is theoretically investigated. A model is developed to address the influence of large surface to volume ratio of nanoparticles on both the…

Using high resolution powder x-ray and neutron diffraction experiments, we determined the off-centered displacement of the ions within a unit cell and magnetoelectric coupling in nanoscale BiFeO$_3$ ($\approx$20-200 nm). We found that both…

Nanostructured Fe dots were prepared on antiferromagnetic FeF2 thin films and investigated by magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE). We studied the influence of dot sizes on the magnetic hysteresis and compared the result with both continuous…

We present a first-principles study of multiferroic BiFeO3 at high pressures. Our work reveals the main structural (change in Bi's coordination and loss of ferroelectricity), electronic (spin crossover and metallization), and magnetic (loss…

Skyrmions in confined geometries have been a subject of increasing interest due to the different properties that they exhibit compared to their bulk counterparts. In this study, nanoparticles of skyrmion-hosting…