“…More recently, manganese, cobalt, and zinc ferrites appeared as an option, with the advantage of tuning the transition temperature by doping. [13][14][15][16] However, having simultaneously isolated NPs and a large decrease of the magnetic response with temperature is proving difficult: in agglomerates of nanocrystals the decrease of magnetization with temperature is high, leading to a good temperature sensitivity, but when isolated NPs are obtained, the decrease of magnetization is much smaller. [17] We believe that this is associated with the fact that nanosized magnetic systems have a transition temperature broadened due to surface effects, [18] and that this broadening is more dramatic in low anisotropy materials such as ferrites, since the magnetic transitions are broader in 3D latices of low anisotropy (Heisenberg) spins, when compared with 3D latices of high anisotropy (Ising) spins (see, for instance [19]).…”