Surface and frustration evidence in Co–Ni–B nanoparticles by FMR measurements

Abstract We present ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurements on ∼3 nm amorphous magnetic nanoparticles of Co–Ni–B as a function of temperature ( T ). The particles were studied in powder form and dispersed in a polymer matrix to study the interparticle interaction effect. In both samples the FMR responses are similar down to T ∼10 K, where the powder sample shows an intensity increase not followed by the dispersed sample. We argue that the general characteristics are compatible with previous magnetization measurements and Monte Carlo simulations indicating large surface contributions to the effective anisotropy. In this case the frustration of the single-particle behavior observed in the powder sample at very low T ( T ⩽ 10 K) is due to interparticle interactions.