Microwave rapid synthesis of nanoporous Fe3O4 magnetic microspheres

Da Peng Yang, Feng Gao, Da Xiang Cui, Mo Yang

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)485-488
Number of pages4
JournalCurrent Nanoscience
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2009

Keywords

  • Microwave heating
  • Nanoporous magnetic microspheres
  • Solvothermal synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Bioengineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Pharmaceutical Science

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