“…[1][2][3] Many kinds of metal nanoparticles have been fabricated by various techniques including colloidal chemistry method, 4,5) inert gas condensation, [6][7][8] laser deposition, 9) mechanical attrition, 10) and electrodeposition. 11) Besides the metal clusters, compound (nitride or oxide) clusters are also interesting because of their excellent oxidation-and corrosion-resistance in comparison with their pure metal clusters. In particular, Fe-nitrides are more attractive because some of them are of excellent magnetic properties, for example, high magnetic flux density of 00 -Fe 16 N 2 and 0 -Fe 4 N. There have been a few reports on the study of Fe-nitride particles in which 0 -Fe 4 N particles were prepared by heating acicular Fe particles in NH 3 -H 2 gas mixture 12,13) and by a reactive gas evaporation method in ammonia gas atmosphere.…”