Magnetic Tunability via Control of Crystallinity and Size in Polycrystalline Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Minh Dang Nguyen
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorLiangzi Deng
Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorJong Moon Lee
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorKarla M. Resendez
Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorMaggie Fuller
Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorSupawitch Hoijang
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
Search for more papers by this authorFrancisco Robles-Hernandez
College of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorChing-Wu Chu
Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDmitri Litvinov
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorViktor G. Hadjiev
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorShoujun Xu
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorManh-Huong Phan
Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620 USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
T. Randall Lee
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMinh Dang Nguyen
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorLiangzi Deng
Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorJong Moon Lee
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorKarla M. Resendez
Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorMaggie Fuller
Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorSupawitch Hoijang
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
Search for more papers by this authorFrancisco Robles-Hernandez
College of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorChing-Wu Chu
Department of Physics and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDmitri Litvinov
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorViktor G. Hadjiev
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorShoujun Xu
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
Search for more papers by this authorManh-Huong Phan
Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620 USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
T. Randall Lee
Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5003 USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are widely used for biomedical applications due to their unique magnetic properties and biocompatibility. However, the controlled synthesis of IONPs with tunable particle sizes and crystallite/grain sizes to achieve desired magnetic functionalities across single-domain and multi-domain size ranges remains an important challenge. Here, a facile synthetic method is used to produce iron oxide nanospheres (IONSs) with controllable size and crystallinity for magnetic tunability. First, highly crystalline Fe3O4 IONSs (crystallite sizes above 24 nm) having an average diameter of 50 to 400 nm are synthesized with enhanced ferrimagnetic properties. The magnetic properties of these highly crystalline IONSs are comparable to those of their nanocube counterparts, which typically possess superior magnetic properties. Second, the crystallite size can be widely tuned from 37 to 10 nm while maintaining the overall particle diameter, thereby allowing precise manipulation from the ferrimagnetic to the superparamagnetic state. In addition, demonstrations of reaction scale-up and the proposed growth mechanism of the IONSs are presented. This study highlights the pivotal role of crystal size in controlling the magnetic properties of IONSs and offers a viable means to produce IONSs with magnetic properties desirable for wider applications in sensors, electronics, energy, environmental remediation, and biomedicine.
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