Partially ordered Fe53Pt47 nanoparticles with size around 8nm were prepared by the simultaneous decomposition of iron pentacarbonyl and platinum acetylacetonate. The high boiling point chemical, hexadecylamine, was used as a solvent, and 1-adamantanecarboxylic acid was used as a stabilizer. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that as-made FePt particles were partially transformed into the ordered L10 phase with some weak superlattice peaks. The room-temperature hysteresis loop and remanence curve suggest a broad distribution of anisotropies in the partially ordered particles. By coating the partially ordered FePt nanoparticles with a polyvinylchloride polymer binder, the particles could be re-dispersed in cyclohexanone. Furthermore, the easy axis of the particles coated with the polyvinylchloride polymer binder could be aligned under an external field. Easy axis alignment was confirmed from both alternating gradient magnetometer and x-ray diffraction measurements.

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High magnetocrystalline anisotropy CoPt particles with an average size of 8 nm were synthesized by the superhydride reduction of CoCl2 and Pt(acac)2 at a high temperature. As-made particles showed a disordered face-centered cubic lattice and were superparamagnetic. Upon heat treatment at temperatures above 600 °C, the particles transformed to the L10 phase, as indicated by the appearance of the superlattice peaks in the x-ray diffraction and high magnetocrystalline anisotropy. The temperature dependence of the coercivity of nanoparticles annealed at 650 °C was measured from 10 to 300 K and analyzed using a Sharrock formula. After annealing at 650 °C, the anisotropy of the nanoparticles was K∼1.7×107 erg/cm3.

Self-assembled FePt/MnO nanoparticles with different morphology and size were synthesized with a polyol process. With the MnO coating, FePt nanoparticles exhibit a high blocking temperature and magnetic moment. The low-temperature hysteresis loop of FePt nanoparticles can be shifted through the AFM pinning of the MnO shell. The aggregation of FePt nanoparticles during the L10 phase transformation can be significantly decreased by coating with the MnO shell.