We prepared Pt₃Ni and PtNi₃ nanoparticles of various sizes on conductive and atomically smooth highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces using potentiostatic electrodeposition. We can control the size of electrodeposited nanoparticles and their density on the surface by changing the deposition time. The morphology of nanoparticles was determined by scanning electron microscopy. PtNi₃ particles have spherical shape, while Pt₃Ni particles have more irregular shape. Composition of particles was confirmed by energy dispersive spectroscopy. We have measured magnetic properties of both systems with 100 s preparation time, superparamagnetic behavior was observed in PtNi₃ nanoparticles with blocking temperature T_{B}=225 K.
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