Abstract
Ensembles of gold nanoparticles present a magnetic behavior which is at odds with the weakly diamagnetic response of bulk gold. In particular, an unusual ferromagnetic order has been unveiled by several experiments. Here we investigate if the combined effect of orbital magnetism of conduction electrons and interparticle dipolar interaction can lead to magnetic ordering. Using different model systems of interacting mesoscopic magnetic dipoles, together with a microscopic description of the electron dynamics within the nanoparticles, we find that a spontaneous magnetic moment may arise in dimers of metallic nanoparticles when the latter are characterized by a large orbital paramagnetic susceptibility.
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