Issue 37, 2013

Synthesis of L10 ferromagnetic CoPt nanopowders using a single-source molecular precursor and water-soluble support

Abstract

Reductive decomposition of CoPt(CO)4(dppe)Me/NaCl composite powder (2 : 98 CoPt precursor : NaCl mass ratio) at 650 °C under getter gas (9 : 1 N2/H2) gives black CoPt/NaCl nanocomposites with minimal CoPt nanoparticle coalescence. Aqueous dissolution of the NaCl support permits isolation of ferromagnetic L10 CoPt nanoparticles of ca. 11 nm average diameter as free-flowing black powders. As-prepared CoPt nanopowders exhibit moderate coercivity (4.0 kOe) at 300 K and high coercivity (26.0 kOe) at 5 K consistent with formation of polydisperse L10 CoPt nanoparticles having high purity and high crystallinity. Co1Pt1 nanoparticles are formed with good control of alloy stoichiometry using a single-source precursor by a convenient, scalable single-step process.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of L10 ferromagnetic CoPt nanopowders using a single-source molecular precursor and water-soluble support

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Jun 2013
Accepted
05 Aug 2013
First published
07 Aug 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013,1, 5976-5980

Synthesis of L10 ferromagnetic CoPt nanopowders using a single-source molecular precursor and water-soluble support

M. S. Wellons, Z. Gai, J. Shen, J. Bentley, J. E. Wittig and C. M. Lukehart, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 5976 DOI: 10.1039/C3TC31232A

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