Magnetic chains of Co spheres synthesized by hydrothermal process under magnetic field

Hydrothermal process under magnetic fields is successfully used to synthesize Co chains using reduction approach by carefully controlling the reaction conditions. The formation of the chain structure might be that magnetic fields drive the nanoscale crystals of Co to form chains. The Co sphere size and chain length are analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scan electron microscopy (SEM). The result of the vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) shows that the magnetic chains possess the saturation magnetization of 102 emu/g. The factors on the magnetic properties of the magnetic nanochains are discussed.