Sonochemical synthesis, structural and magnetic properties of air-stable Fe/Co alloy nanoparticles

Qiaoling Li, Hongliang Li, V. G. Pol, Ishai Bruckental, Yuri Koltypin, J. Calderon-Moreno, Israel Nowik, Aharon Gedanken

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Abstract

Nanoparticles of the Fe/Co alloy have been prepared by sonolysis of a Fe(CO)5 and Co(NO)(CO)3 mixture in diphenylmethane solution under argon. The as-prepared product is an amorphous material having 10 nm diameter particles. Upon annealing in argon at 600 °C for 5 h, an air-stable Fe/Co alloy is formed with an increased particle size to ∼40 nm. The Fe/Co alloy nanoparticles have been characterized by XRD, TEM, TGA, DSC, XPS, EPR, MES and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Materials obtained under appropriate conditions possess a very high saturation magnetization of about 150-238 emu g-1 and good, soft magnetic properties (H c = 70 - 30 G). The nanocrystalline particles have a core-shell structure in which the iron-cobalt core is surrounded by a carbon surface layer. The stability of the nanocrystalline particle has been discussed, based on the core-shell structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1194-1199
Number of pages6
JournalNew Journal of Chemistry
Volume27
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2003

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