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Strong magnets by self-assembly

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Newly developed nanomaterials are proving useful in many fields, but materials that make strong permanent magnets are difficult to devise. Progress has been made using a self-assembled mixture of nanoparticles.

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Figure 1: Typical hysteresis loops for a permanent magnet.

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