Title :
A simple method to prepare uniform Co nanoparticles
Author :
Zhao, Y.-W. ; Xiao, John Q.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
We report a novel and simple chemical reaction design by which we successfully eliminated both the continuing growth and possible oxidation of the formed particles and hence fabricated uniform shape and narrow-size distribution Co nanoparticles of 5nm.
Keywords :
cobalt; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic particles; magnetisation; materials preparation; nanoparticles; particle size; reduction (chemical); superparamagnetism; 5 nm; Co; chemical reaction; magnetisation; oxidation; particle size; superparamagnetism; uniform Co nanoparticles; Annealing; Argon; Crystallization; Electrons; Ethanol; Nanoparticles; Petroleum; Physics; Shape; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230703