From Colloidal Co/CoO Core/Shell Nanoparticles to Arrays of Metallic Nanomagnets: Surface Modification and Magnetic Properties
- 6 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemphyschem
- Vol. 6 (12), 2522-2526
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200500148
Abstract
The magnetic properties of nanoparticles can be subject to strong variations as the chemical composition of the particle surface is modified. To study this interrelation of surface chemistry and magnetism, self-assembled layers of colloidal 9.5 nm Co/CoO core/shell nanoparticles were exposed to mild reactive hydrogen and oxygen plasmas. The consecutive oxygen/hydrogen plasma treatment transforms the particle layer into an array of metallic nanomagnets with complete reduction of the oxide and removal of the organic surfactants. The original arrangement of the particle array and the number of Co atoms per particle remains unchanged within the experimental error, and thus this is a possible route for the fabrication of ultrahigh-density magnetic bit structures from colloidal dispersions. The magnetic properties can be tuned by controlling the thickness of the surface oxide layer, which magnetically hardens the particles, as evidenced by element-specific magnetic hysteresis loops.Keywords
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