Magnetic shape-controlled synthesis

Synthesis of metal nanostructures with tunable properties (optical, magnetic, electronic, catalytic, etc.), in specific physicochemical environments, is today of great importance from a fundamental as well as an applied point of view. Since the physicochemical properties of nanostructures are strongly dependent not only on the size but also on the shape, controlling the architecture of metal nanoparticles... 

During the last few years, different synthetic procedures have been reported for the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles. These methods include co-precipitation, thermal decomposition and/or reduction, microemulsion synthesis, and hydrothermal synthesis. Despite poor shape control and quite polydisperse particles, co-precipitation is probably the simplest synthetic route. By contrast, thermal decomposition is experimentally more demanding but affords the best results in... 

Gregg KA, Perera SC, Lawes G, Shinozaki S, Brock SL (2006) Controlled synthesis of MnP nanorods effect of shape anisotropy on magnetization. Chem Mater 18 879-886... 

---