Synthesis of CoPt3 Magnetic Alloy Nanocrystals

3 Synthesis of CoPtj Magnetic Alloy Nanocrystals The synthetic approach developed for the preparation of elemental nanopartides can be further extended to intermetallic compounds. Thus, high-quality CoPt3 nanocrystals can be synthesized via the simultaneous reduction of platinum acetylacetonate and the thermal decomposition of cobalt carbonyl in the presence of 1-adamantanecarboxylic add (ACA) and hexadecylamine (HDA) as stabilizing agents [65]. 

Influenceofinitialamountofthestabilizingagent(l-adamantancarboxylicacid) on nanocrystal size. Reproduced with permission from Ref [55] 2003, American Chemical Society. 

The synthesis of hcp-Co nanorods and nanowires was also reported [80]. Thermal decomposition of the organometallic cobalt precursor, [Co(T) -CgHi3)(T] -C8Hi2)], in 

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