Synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoparticles from emulsions
- 10 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 11 (6) , 1704-1709
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b100758k
Abstract
A unique oil-in-water emulsion route has been devised to synthesize nanosized magnetite (Fe3O4) particles using a small amount of cyclohexane as the oil phase, NP5 + NP9 as the surfactant phase, and a Fe(II)/Fe(III) salt solution as the aqueous phase. The Fe3O4 powder thus derived from the emulsion containing 88 wt% 0.3 M FeSO4 + Fe(NO3)3 in the aqueous phase possesses an equiaxial morphology and an average particle size of 2+/Fe3+ concentration in the aqueous phase revealed the complexation effect of the NP5 + NP9 surfactant towards Fe2+/Fe3+ ions. The resulting particle size and morphology are therefore dependent on the amounts of surfactant and aqueous phase in the emulsion. A strongly alkaline aqueous phase favors the formation of Fe3O4, while a low alkalinity favors the formation of α-FeOOH. Magnetic property measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies indicate that the emulsion-derived iron oxide powder is superparamagnetic, which becomes ferrimagnetic with decreasing measurement temperature.Keywords
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