Synthesis and magnetic properties of magnetite-silicate nanocomposites derived from iron oxide of bacterial origin.
Synthesis and magnetic properties of magnetite-silicate nanocomposites derived from iron oxide of bacterial origin.
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细菌来源的氧化铁衍生的磁铁矿-硅酸盐纳米复合材料的合成和磁性。
DOI:
10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.08.070
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发表时间:
2012
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4.6
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H
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作者:
Hashimoto;H
Magnetic nanocomposites containing magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were prepared from iron oxide microtubules produced by Leptothrix ochracea, a species of water-habitant iron-oxidizing bacteria. The microtubules were mainly composed of Si-containing ferric hydroxide that shows a broad X-ray diffraction pattern similar to that of 2-line ferrihydrite. After moderate heat treatment in a reductive atmosphere above 325°C, the ferric ions were partially reduced to a ferrous state, and nanocrystalline Fe3O4with a spinel-type structure was formed in a noncrystalline silicate matrix. The average crystallite size of the Fe3O4nanoparticles was estimated to be in the order of a few nanometers. The sample heat-treated at 500°C exhibited considerable magnetization together with superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature, and super-spin-glass interaction occurred at low temperature. On further heat treatment above 530°C, Fe3O4was reduced to wüstite (Fe1−xO) and finally crystallized into iron metal (α-Fe) and ferrous silicate (Fe2SiO4).