In this study, silicone-oil-based γ-Fe2O3 mag- netic fluid was successfully prepared by thermal oxidizing of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles, which were prepared by chemical co-precipitation with FeSO4-7H2O and FeCl3- 6...In this study, silicone-oil-based γ-Fe2O3 mag- netic fluid was successfully prepared by thermal oxidizing of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles, which were prepared by chemical co-precipitation with FeSO4-7H2O and FeCl3- 6H2O, and their surface was modified by oleate ligands. Silicone oil was used as carrier liquid and oleic acid was as surfactant for preparing γ-Fe2O3 magnetic fluid. It is found that the Fe3O4 nanoparticles surrounded by oleate ligands are not damaged during the thermal oxidizing. The shape of γ-Fe2O3 magnetic nanoparticles prepared is similar to spherical, and their mean size is about 10-20 nm, which has nothing obvious difference compared with Fe3O4. Thesaturation magnetization of γ-Fe2O3 magnetic fluid pre-pared is 14.25 A.me.kg-1 and that of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparti-cles is 57.56 A.m2.kg-1. The needle of γ-Fe2O3 magneticfluid is much bigger than that of Fe3O4 magnetic fluidunder the same magnetic field, which shows better mag-netic properties.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51274039)
文摘In this study, silicone-oil-based γ-Fe2O3 mag- netic fluid was successfully prepared by thermal oxidizing of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles, which were prepared by chemical co-precipitation with FeSO4-7H2O and FeCl3- 6H2O, and their surface was modified by oleate ligands. Silicone oil was used as carrier liquid and oleic acid was as surfactant for preparing γ-Fe2O3 magnetic fluid. It is found that the Fe3O4 nanoparticles surrounded by oleate ligands are not damaged during the thermal oxidizing. The shape of γ-Fe2O3 magnetic nanoparticles prepared is similar to spherical, and their mean size is about 10-20 nm, which has nothing obvious difference compared with Fe3O4. Thesaturation magnetization of γ-Fe2O3 magnetic fluid pre-pared is 14.25 A.me.kg-1 and that of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparti-cles is 57.56 A.m2.kg-1. The needle of γ-Fe2O3 magneticfluid is much bigger than that of Fe3O4 magnetic fluidunder the same magnetic field, which shows better mag-netic properties.
