nanoparticles embedded in SiO 2 is presented, comparing film microstructure and chemistry
with measured magnetic properties. SiO 2 was fully percolated for all films with>~ 50% SiO 2
by volume, and decreasing CoFe-nanoparticle size and separation with increasing SiO 2
resulted in a transition to superparamagnetic behavior. Partial oxidation of transition-metal
elements is observed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and evidence for interparticle …