Facile sonochemical synthesis of high-moment magnetite (Fe3O4) nanocube
Facile sonochemical synthesis of high-moment magnetite (Fe3O4) nanocube
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DOI:
10.1007/s11051-012-1354-y
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Kim, CheolGi
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作者:
Abbas, Mohamed;Takahashi, Migaku;Kim, CheolGi
Monodisperse magnetite nanocubes with uniform particle size of about 80 nm have been synthesized in aqueous medium by single reaction sonochemical method using inexpensive and nontoxic metal salt (FeSO4 center dot 7H(2)O) as reactant. The crystallinity of the magnetite nanocube is enhanced by annealing treatment up to 600 degrees C with uniform shape and size distribution, after that a distortion in shape and a broad size distribution are obtained at 700 degrees C annealing temperature. The magnetic characterization of the nanoparticles reveals saturation magnetization of 91 emu/g at 5 K for as-synthesized sample and 94.8 emu/g for the sample which annealed at the temperature of 600 degrees C in a vacuum chamber. However, the saturation magnetization has been observed to decrease with further increase in annealing temperature and this has been attributed to the presence of a thin magnetic dead layer at the surface caused by shape anisotropy distortion and broken exchange bonds, and spin canting on the surface of the particles in addition to the formation of a small amount of maghemite phase.