Surface modification of Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles with triethoxyethylcyanide groups was used for the immobilization of palladium nanoparticles to produce Fe 3 O 4 /Ethyl-CN/Pd. The catalyst was characterized using Fourier transform infrared, wavelengthdispersive X-ray, energy-dispersive X-ray and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies, field-emission scanning electron and transmission electron microscopies, and X-ray diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometry and inductively coupled plasma analyses. In this fabrication, cyano groups played an important role as a capping agent. The catalytic behaviour of Fe 3 O 4 /Ethyl-CN/Pd nanoparticles was measured in the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of various aryl halides (Ar-I, Ar-Br, Ar-Cl) with phenylboronic acid in aqueous phase at room temperature. Interestingly, the novel catalyst could be recovered in a facile manner from the reaction mixture by applying an external magnet device and recycled seven times without any significant loss in activity.