Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 3572-3592Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00767
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, at Brookhaven National Laboratory - U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-98CH10886, DE-SC-00112704]
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Columbia University Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) - U.S. Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences program (DOE BES) [DE-SC0001085]
- U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences (DOE-BES) [DE-AC02-98-CH10886]
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-98CH10886, DE-SC-00112704]
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The magnetic spinel ferrites, MFe2O4 (wherein M a divalent metal ion such as but not limited to Mn, Co, Zn, and Ni), represent a unique class of magnetic materials in which the rational introduction of different Ms can yield correspondingly unique and interesting magnetic behaviors. Herein we present a generalized hydrothermal method for the synthesis of single-crystalline ferrite nanoparticles with M = Mg, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, respectively, which can be systematically and efficaciously produced simply by changing the metal precursor. Our protocol can moreover lead to reproducible size control by judicious selection of various surfactants. As such, we have probed the effects of both (i) size and (ii) chemical composition upon the magnetic properties of these nanomaterials using complementary magnetometry and Mossbauer spectroscopy techniques. The structure of the samples was confirmed by atomic pair distribution function analysis of X-ray and electron powder diffraction data as a function of particle size. These materials retain the bulk spinel structure to the smallest size (i.e., 3 nm). In addition, we have explored the catalytic potential of our ferrites as both (a) magnetically recoverable photocatalysts and (b) biological catalysts and noted that many of our as-prepared ferrite systems evinced intrinsically higher activities as compared with their iron oxide analogues.
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