Formation of highly crystalline maghemite nanoparticles from ferrihydrite in the liquid phase
Formation of highly crystalline maghemite nanoparticles from ferrihydrite in the liquid phase
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液相中水铁矿形成高结晶磁赤铁矿纳米粒子
DOI:
10.1007/s11434-014-0520-2
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发表时间:
2014-10-01
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Li, Decai
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作者:
Gong, Xiaomin;Li, Jian;Li, Decai
Fe5O7(OH)center dot 4H(2)O ferrihydrite is a low-crystallinity antiferromagnetic material. gamma-Fe2O3 (maghemite) magnetic nanoparticles were prepared from a ferrihydrite precursor, by chemically induced transformation in FeCl2/NaOH solution. The magnetization, morphology, crystal structure and chemical composition of the products were determined by vibrating sample magnetometry, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Ferrihydrite underwent aggregation growth and transformed into alpha-FeO(OH) (goethite) particles, which subsequently transformed into gamma-Fe2O3 nanoparticles, that became coated with NaCl. The gamma-Fe2O3 particles had a flake-like morphology, when prepared from 0.01 mol/L FeCl2 and a FeCl2:NaOH molar ratio of 0.4. The gamma-Fe2O3 particles were more spherical, when prepared from a FeCl2:NaOH molar ratio of 0.6. The Fe content of the flake-like particles was lower than that of the spherical particles. Their magnetizations were similar, and the coercivity of the flake-like particles was larger. The differences in morphology and magnetization were attributed to the surface effect, and the difference in coercivity to the shape effect.