Volume 27, Issue 4 pp. 739-744
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Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

Rongrong SHI

Rongrong SHI

Department of Inorganic Materials, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

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Guanhua GAO

Guanhua GAO

Department of Inorganic Materials, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

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Ran YI

Ran YI

Department of Inorganic Materials, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

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Kechao ZHOU

Kechao ZHOU

State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

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Guanzhou QIU

Guanzhou QIU

Department of Inorganic Materials, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

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Xiaohe LIU

Xiaohe LIU

Department of Inorganic Materials, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China

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First published: 06 May 2009
Citations: 13

Abstract

Monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles were successfully synthesized through the thermal decomposition of iron acetylacetonate in octadecene solvent in the presence of oleic acid and oleylamine. The influences of experimental parameters, such as reacting temperature, amounts and kinds of surfactants, solvents, oleic acid and oleylamine, on the size and shape of monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles were discussed. The phase structures, morphology, and size of the as-prepared products were investigated in detail by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Magnetic property was measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) at room temperature, which revealed that Fe3O4 nanoparticles were of ferromagnetism with a saturation magnetization (Ms) of 74.0 emu/g and coercivity (Hc) of 72.6 Oe.

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