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Original Articles

Synthesis of monodisperse organic- and water-soluble iron oxide nanoparticles using Fe(OH)3 as precursor

Pages 406-414 | Received 19 May 2011, Accepted 03 Feb 2012, Published online: 15 May 2012
 

Abstract

The precursors used to prepare high-quality nanoparticles by high-temperature decomposition are expensive and toxic organometallic compounds. Fe(OH)3, an inexpensive and environmentally friendly iron-containing compound, is for the first time introduced to act as an precursor to generate monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles. The obtained nanoparticles are characterised by transmission electronic microscopy, IR, XRD and vibrating sample magnetometer. Organic-soluble ferromagnetic rod-like and superparamagnetic dot-like nanoparticles with the size ranging from 12 to 25 nm are obtained in a nonpolar solvent by adjusting reaction parameters, such as surfactant concentration and reaction time. Water-soluble nanoparticles can be synthesised when a bipolar solvent is used instead of nonpolar solvent. The results show that Fe(OH)3 is a promising precursor for the high-temperature decomposition method.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Program on Key Basic Research Project (2009CB930300) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 226007).

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