“…12 In this context, the improvement of the coercivity, H C , of acicular, sub-micron sized, c-Fe 2 O 3 particles for their application in recording media has been extensively studied since the 1960s. [13][14][15] This enhancement has been achieved by (i) adsorbing Co(II) ions on the surface of the particles, (ii) growing an epitaxial layer of CoFe 2 O 4 , or (iii) body-doping c-Fe 2 O 3 particles. 16 Despite the number of publications dealing with such improvement of the magnetic properties of acicular submicron particles, very little work has been carried out on smaller, i.e., few nanometers, sized particles.…”