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Monodisperse magnetic metallic nanoparticles: synthesis, performance enhancement, and advanced applications

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Monodisperse Fe-based and Co-based nanoparticles exhibit unique magnetic properties. They play important roles in magnetic storage and biomedical application. Their chemical synthesis and performance enhancement draw a lot of study interest. Investigations of magnetic metallic nanoparticles are very active in many scientific fields. This paper reviews the present advances in chemical synthesis, performance enhancement, and potential applications of monodisperse Fe-based and Co-based nanoparticles.

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This work was partially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB932702), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51071022, 51271020, and 11174031), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in University (PCSIRT), Beijing Nova Program (No. 2011031), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metals and Materials (No. 2011-Z03).

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Lu, LY., Yu, LN., Xu, XG. et al. Monodisperse magnetic metallic nanoparticles: synthesis, performance enhancement, and advanced applications. Rare Met. 32, 323–331 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-013-0117-y

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