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Supporting Information Synthesis and Characterization of Rare-Earth-Free Magnetic Manganese Bismuth Nanocrystals Jian Shen, a,† Huizhong Cui, a,† Xiaopeng Huang, a Maogang Gong, a Wei Qin, a Alec Kirkeminde, a Jun Cui, b and Shenqiang Ren a,* a Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA. b Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA * E-mails: [email protected] (S.Q. Ren) Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for RSC Advances. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014

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Supporting Information

Synthesis and Characterization of Rare-Earth-Free Magnetic

Manganese Bismuth Nanocrystals

Jian Shen,a,† Huizhong Cui,

a,† Xiaopeng Huang,

a Maogang Gong,

a Wei Qin,

a Alec

Kirkeminde,a Jun Cui,

b and Shenqiang Ren

a,*

a Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA.

b Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA

* E-mails: [email protected] (S.Q. Ren)

Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for RSC Advances.This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014

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Figure S1The lattice structure of both Mn and Bi phase of core-shell MnBi ink after 24 hours reaction

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Figure S2. TEM image showing the MnBi core-shell ink with comparative parameters. (a) Mn2(CO)10,

200⁰C, (b) Mn2(CO)10, 260⁰C, (c) Octadecene, 310⁰C, (d) Benzyl ether, 200⁰C.

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Figure S3. Thickness control of Co shell on MnBi alloy nanocrystals by controlling the reaction

temperature for MnBi and Co2(CO)8 mixture at (a) 50⁰C, (b) 100⁰C, (c) 200⁰C for low and high

resolution TEM images (left and right, respectively).

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Figure S4. SEM image of (a) cobalt nanowires and (b) MnBi alloy.

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Figure S5. Magnetic hysteresis loop of the MnBi core-shell ink.

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Figure S6. Magnetic hysteresis loop of cobalt nanowires.