Highly efficient heat-dissipation power driven by ferromagnetic resonance in MFe(2)O(4) (M = Fe, Mn, Ni) ferrite nanoparticles

We experimentally demonstrated that heat-dissipation power driven by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in superparamagnetic nanoparticles of ferrimagnetic MFe(2)O(4) (M = Fe, Mn, Ni) gives rise to highly localized incrementation of targeted temperatures. The power generated thereby is extremely high: two orders of magnitude higher than that of the conventional Néel-Brownian model. From micromagnetic simulation and analytical derivation, we found robust correlations between the temperature increment and the intrinsic material parameters of the damping constant as well as the saturation magnetizations of the nanoparticles’ constituent materials. Furthermore, the magnetization–dissipation-driven temperature increments were reliably manipulated by extremely low strengths of applied AC magnetic fields under resonance field conditions. Our experimental results and theoretical formulations provide for a better understanding of the effect of FMR on the efficiency of heat generation as well as straightforward guidance for the design of advanced materials for control of highly localized incrementation of targeted temperatures using magnetic particles in, for example, magnetic hyperthermia bio-applications.