We studied the magnetic and transport properties of Co nanoparticles (NPs)
being capped with varying amounts of Pt. Beside field and temperature dependent
magnetization measurements we performed delta-M measurements to study the
magnetic interactions between the Co NPs. We observe a transition from
demagnetizing towards magnetizing interactions between the particles for an
increasing amount of Pt capping. Resistivity measurements show a crossover from
giant magnetoresistance towards anisotropic magnetoresistance