We present for the first time a nonaqueous sol-gel route to produce ultrasmall (<2 nm) magnetic bimetallic CoPt3 nanoparticles (NPs). The one-pot procedure is carried out at low temperature (180 °C) using benzyl alcohol, acting as both reducing agent and solvent. The highly monodisperse CoPt3 NPs were investigated with innovative advanced X-ray methods (whole powder pattern modeling), HR-STEM, XPS, and SQUID magnetometry. XPS showed Co was mostly in metallic form, but with a very small amount of CoO on the NP surface. The spherical NPs had an ultrasmall diameter of 1.6 nm and could self-assemble in aligned linear chains, or nanobelts, of single NPs. They are superparamagnetic, with blocking temperature of ∼20 K and coercivity at 10 K of 27.9 kA m-1 (∼350 Oe). However, there is evidence of a second magnetic phase (probably CoO) in the ZFC magnetization curve, which enhances their magnetization values, without significantly affecting their superparamagnetism.
Smallest Bimetallic CoPt3 Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles
Pullar R. C.;
2016-01-01
Abstract
We present for the first time a nonaqueous sol-gel route to produce ultrasmall (<2 nm) magnetic bimetallic CoPt3 nanoparticles (NPs). The one-pot procedure is carried out at low temperature (180 °C) using benzyl alcohol, acting as both reducing agent and solvent. The highly monodisperse CoPt3 NPs were investigated with innovative advanced X-ray methods (whole powder pattern modeling), HR-STEM, XPS, and SQUID magnetometry. XPS showed Co was mostly in metallic form, but with a very small amount of CoO on the NP surface. The spherical NPs had an ultrasmall diameter of 1.6 nm and could self-assemble in aligned linear chains, or nanobelts, of single NPs. They are superparamagnetic, with blocking temperature of ∼20 K and coercivity at 10 K of 27.9 kA m-1 (∼350 Oe). However, there is evidence of a second magnetic phase (probably CoO) in the ZFC magnetization curve, which enhances their magnetization values, without significantly affecting their superparamagnetism.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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