Systems and methods for forming magnetic nanocomposite materials

A method of fabricating a thin film of magnetic nanocomposite particles comprising:

• depositing isolated clusters of magnetic nanoparticles onto a substrate surface via a thin film deposition technique that is compatible with integrated circuit (IC) fabrication techniques;
• and subsequently
• aggregating said isolated clusters of magnetic nanoparticles;
• and subsequently
• coating said isolated clusters of magnetic nanoparticles with an insulator coating;
• and
• wherein said isolated clusters of magnetic nanoparticles have a dimension in the range between 1 and 300 nanometers and are separated from each other by a distance in the range between 1 and 50 nanometers;
• and
• wherein said substrate surface comprises a nucleating layer and wherein said deposition of isolated clusters of magnetic nanoparticles onto said nucleating layer is truncated at a point where clusters formed around nucleation sites are stopped before the clusters coalesce.