The thermal relaxation of macrospins in a strongly interacting thin film of spinel-phase iron oxide nanocrystals (NCs) is probed by vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). Thin films are fabricated by depositing FeO/Fe(3)O(4) core-shell NCs by electrophoretic deposition (EPD), followed by sintering at 400°C. Sintering transforms the core-shell structure to a uniform spinel phase, which effectively increases the magnetic moment per NC. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) confirms a large packing density and a reduced inter-particle separation in comparison with colloidal assemblies. At an applied field of 25 Oe, the superparamagnetic blocking temperature is T(B) (SP) ≈ 348 K, which is much larger than the Néel-Brown approximation of T(B) (SP) ≈ 210 K. The enhanced value of T(B) (SP) is attributed to strong dipole-dipole interactions and local exchange coupling between NCs. The field dependence of the blocking temperature, T(B) (SP)(H), is characterized by a monotonically decreasing function, which is in agreement with recent theoretical models of interacting macrospins.

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