“…Micro-and nanoscale Ni Co alloy structures have been prepared by many methods, including electrochemical reduction [19,20], mechanical alloying [21], leaching techniques [22], sol gel routes [23], thermal decomposition of organometallic precursors [24], polyol reduction [25,26], and reduction of metal salts by other strong reducing agents [27,28]. Recently, several groups have reported the synthesis of one-dimensional Ni Co 304 Nano Res (2008) 1: 303 313 Nano Research nanomaterials.…”