Abstract
Nanoporous Fe3O4 magnetic microspheres have been successfully synthesized by the way of microwave heating. The experimental process is expeditious, simple and environmentally friendly. The obtained sample is characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis (BET), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and magnetic measurements. The average size of Fe3O4 microspheres is ∼100nm and shows well-dispersed quality in aqueous solution. More importantly, the microspheres possess both nanoporous structure and superparamagnetic behaviour, which endow them powerful application potentials in chemical, biological/biomedical, physical and environmental engineering fields, for example, catalyst or drug carrier, absorption, separation and contrast agents, etc.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-488 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Current Nanoscience |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2009 |
Keywords
- Microwave heating
- Nanoporous magnetic microspheres
- Solvothermal synthesis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Pharmaceutical Science