Nanoparticles of ferrimagnetic NiFe2O4 and antiferromagnetic NiO exhibit a
variety of anomalous magnetic properties. The lower coordination of surface
spins is responsible in both cases for the observed behavior. This conclus
ion is supported by calculations of field-dependent spin distributions in t
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