clusters of FePd nanoparticles (NPs) with spikes of Fe3O4 nanorods (NRs), via controlled
thermal decomposition of Fe (CO) 5 and reduction of Pd (acac) 2. The FePd NPs with sizes
between 6 and 9 nm self-aggregate into 60 nm superparticles (SPs), and Fe3O4 NRs grow
on the surface of these SPs. Reductive annealing at 500° C converts the FePd–Fe3O4 into
exchange-coupled nanocomposites L10–FePd–Fe with their H c tunable from 0.8 to 2.6 kOe …