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Abstract
The gold-coated nanocomposites with magnetic core based on the alloys FePt, Fe Pt, CoPt and CoPt were
synthesized using the reverse micelles technique. They were characterized using X-ray di!ractometry, SQUID mag-
netometry and electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that the Fe Pt/Au samples exhibited higher coercivity than
FePt/Au, 2885 Oe vs. 500 Oe at 2 K. For the cobalt-based materials, the values of blocking temperature and coercivity
increase as the Pt content increases. Annealing of the Co/Au and CoPt /Au composites at 4003C did not cause any
signi"cant change in the magnetic behavior. Annealing of FePt/Au and CoPt/Au samples caused increase of coercivity,
H "194 vs. 0 Oe for the former, and H "500 Oe vs. 25 Oe for the later composite at 300 K. We suppose that annealing
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of both 1 : 1 alloys caused ordering in their cores, that a!ected their magnetic properties. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
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Table 1
Summary of magnetic data for FePt /Au alloys
V
Parameter FePt/Au FePt/Au Fe Pt/Au
unannealed annealed unannealed
1 : 1 alloys, FePt/Au and CoPt/Au, is caused by ordering [3] T. Sasaki, S. Chikazumi, J. Phys. Soc. Japan 46 (6) (1979)
in their cores. 1732.
[4] E.E. Carpenter, J.A. Sims et al., J. Appl. Phys. 87 (2000)
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Acknowledgements [5] E.E. Carpenter, C.T. Seip, C.J. O'Connor, J. Appl. Phys. 85
(1999) 5184.
[6] Reference X-ray Powder Di!raction Patterns, International
This work was supported by the Advanced Materials Center for Di!raction Data, Newtown Square, PA, 1996.
Research Institute, through DARPA Grant No.
MDA972-97-1-0003.
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