화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.4, 2077-2085, July, 2014
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.09.035  Export Citation
Structural, optical and magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles prepared by a facile microwave combustion method
A. Manikandan, J. Judith Vijaya†, J. Arul Mary, L. John Kennedy1, and A. Dinesh2
  • Catalysis and Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry Loyola College, Chennai 600034, India
  • 1Materials Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology University Chennai Campus, Chennai 600127, India
  • 2Department of Chemistry, Rajah Serfoji Government College, Thanjavur 613005, Tamil Nadu, India
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Iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were synthesized by a facile microwave combustion method. X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy results showed that the as-prepared product was pure Fe3O4 without any impurity. The mechanism for the formation of Fe3O4 by microwave combustion method is also discussed. Microwave combustion produced sufficient energy for the formation of Fe3O4, because of its homogeneous distribution within the raw materials. This results in the formation of nanoparticles, early phase formation and different morphologies within few minutes. Magnetic analysis revealed that the Fe3O4 nanoparticles had ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature with saturation magnetization of 66.12 emu/g.
Keywords:Microwave combustion;X-ray diffraction;Electron microscopy;Optical properties;Magnetic properties
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