Ultrathin (∼2 μm) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) film embedded with self-aligned Fe3O4 nanodiscs were successfully fabricated through the filtration-assisted self-assembly method. In the as-fabricated hybrid film, Fe3O4 nanodiscs with thin thickness (26 nm) and high aspect ratio (∼9) were readily self-assembled and aligned in rGO intersheets under the assistance of hydrostatic forces. Compared with spherical Fe3O4 nanoparticles, introducing the Fe3O4 nanodiscs into rGO paper could not only offer high magnetic permeability and magnetic loss in a broad frequency range at the gigahertz level, but also increase the electrical conductivity of rGO film by means of improving the surface roughness without disrupting the conductive network of the rGO layers. Due to the above advantages, the free-standing rGO/Fe3O4 nanodisc magnetic hybrid film (56 wt%) exhibited an EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) of around 11.2 dB in the frequency range of 2-10 GHz, which is about 50% and 72% higher than that of neat rGO film and rGO/Fe3O4 nanosphere hybrid films (with similar particle size and loading weight fraction) prepared under the same conditions, respectively. Furthermore, compared with non-magnetic neat rGO film, the outstanding magnetic properties of the rGO/Fe3O4 nanodisc film paves the way for it to be used as a multifunctional material that can be controlled by magnetic fields. Additionally, the moderate thermal reduction temperature (420 °C) would be meaningful for large scale fabrication. Meanwhile, the strategy of achieving good alignment at the nanoscale could shed light on developing heterogeneous structures with self-aligned two-dimensional (2D) (magnetic or non-magnetic) nano-inclusions for various applications.

High quality Fe3O4 nanodiscs with different sizes are successfully synthesized and their size dependent microwave absorption performance are investigated.

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The magnetic properties of the L1 0-FePt/Fe exchange-coupled composite nanodots were investigated by Hall effect measurement due to its high sensitivity. The FePt/Fe nanodots showed that the coercivity changed irregularly with respect to the Fe thickness, which was deviated from the simulated results where the coercivity of the ECC dots reduced with the increase of Fe soft layer thickness. It was found that the edge damage induced by ion-milling affected the coercivity of the nanodots significantly and the magnetization reversal mechanism. Domain wall nucleation and propagation was revealed in the FePt single domain dots. In the FePt/Fe ECC nanodots, the magnetization gradually reversed from the out-of-plane direction towards the in-plane direction before switching to the reversed out-of-plane direction. The critical size of magnetic single domain in the FePt/Fe ECC nanodots increased with the increasing of Fe soft layer thickness.