Formation and shape-control of hierarchical cobalt nanostructures using quaternary ammonium salts in aqueous media

• Ruchi Deshmukh,
• Anurag Mehra and
• Rochish Thaokar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 494–505, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.53

• microscopy; hierarchical nanostructures; magnetic moment; tetramethylazanium hydroxide (TMAH); Introduction The synthesis of ferromagnetic nanomaterials with complex functional architectures has seen rapid development during the past decade [1][2][3]. Cobalt nanostructures form an important class of