Mathematics & Physics 2016, 9(4), 481-484 УДК 537.632.3 Synthesis, Morphology, and Visible Magnetic Circular dichroism of Ni-C nanoparticles Dmitriy A.Petrov∗ Ruslan D. Ivantsov† Kirensky Institute of Physics SB RAS Akademgorodok, 50/38, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Russia Sergey M.Zharkov‡ Kirensky Institute of Physics SB RAS Akademgorodok, 50/38, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Siberian Federal University Svobodny, 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia Chun-Rong Lin§ Fu-Ren Shu Yaw-Teng Tseng National Pingtung University Pingtung City, Pingtung County, 90003 Taiwan Received 10.09.2016, received in revised form 10.10.2016, accepted 12.11.2016 Ni-C nanoparticles powder (NP) was synthesized using high-temperature pyrolysis of nickel nitrate in an organic solvent. <...> The NP was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) and selected-area electron diffraction (SAED). <...> Structural characterization of the samples confirmed the formation of small, medium and large Ni nanoparticles with face-centered cubic structure (fcc) and enlarged lattice parameter. <...> Magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) of samples with different mean particle sizes showed a red shift with decrease of mean particle size. <...> Preparation Ni-C NP was prepared using high-temperature pyrolysis of nickel nitrate in an organic solvent. <...> In the typical process, 4 mmol nickel (II) nitrate [Ni(NO3)2·6H2O] was dissolved in a mixture solution of 10-ml oleylamine and 20-ml oleic acid in a three-neck flask equipped with an inlet of argon gas, condenser, magnetic stirrer, thermocouple, and heating mantle. <...> All chemicals and ∗irbiz@iph.krasn.ru †ird@iph.krasn.ru ‡zharkov@iph.krasn.ru §crlin@mail.nptu.edu.tw ⃝ Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved c – 481 – Dmitriy A.Petrov, Ruslan D.Ivantsov, Sergey M.Zharkov . . . <...> Synthesis, Morphology, and Visibl . . . solvents are used as received. <...> Samples Morphology Microstructure and phase composition of the NP were investigated by TEM and EDXS using a transmission electron microscope 200 kV JEOL JEM-2100 (LaB6). <...> The elemental composition was determined by EDXS supports the presence of nickel. <...> The set of diffraction reflections (Fig. 3) in the SAED pattern corresponds to the Ni fcc structure 17% enlarged <...>