Litrán, R.Sampedro, B.Rojas,, T. C.Multigner, M.Sánchez López, J. C.Crespo del Arco, PatriciaLópez Cartes, C.García, M. A.Hernando Grande, AntonioFernández, A.2023-06-202023-06-202006-021098-012110.1103/PhysRevB.73.054404https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52014©2006 The American Physical Society. XAS facilities at BM29 in ESRF and the technical support from O. Mathon are acknowledged. The authors thank I. Rosa for technical assistance in sample preparation. Financial support rom the Spanish MCyT and “Junta de Andalucía” is also acknowledged.Palladium nanoparticles capped with different protective systems in a size range between 1.2 and 2.4 nm have been obtained by varying the preparation chemical method. Magnetization curves for all the samples show hysteresis loops, evidencing a ferromagnetic or a permanent magnetism in the nanoparticles. The microstructure of the nanoparticles has been analyzed by x-ray absorption and transmission electron microscopy. The nature of the magnetic behavior found for all these Pd nanoparticles (NPs) is different depending on their sizes and structural features and is explained on the basis of two different suggested mechanisms. The particles protected by means of a surfactant (tetralkylammonium salts), present a ferromagnetic order related to the factors increasing the density of states just below the Fermi level. Whereas, when the nanoparticles are stabilized by covalent bonds with protective species (thiol derivatized alkane chains or surface oxidized Pd NPs), the increase of the 4d density of holes, localized by the bonded atoms (S or O), is giving rise to the observed ferromagneticlike behavior.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.054404http://journals.aps.orgopen access538.9Gold nanoparticlesPdClustersFerromagnetismFísica de materialesFísica del estado sólido2211 Física del Estado Sólido