纳米晶体铁的低温热容和热稳定性

用等离子体法制备的纳米晶体铁由ＸＲＤ和ＳＥＭ等方法测定其晶粒尺寸的平均值为８７ｎｍ．用绝热量热方法在７９～３７１Ｋ温区精确测定了其低温热容、测量结果比大晶粒Ｆｅ的热容值有明显的增强．在 ８０～３００Ｋ温区之间增强热容为８％～１４％．差示扫描量热（ＤＳＣ）在高温区的研究结果则表明，纳米晶体 Ｆｅ在４００～７００Ｋ温区有一个宽的放热峰，对应于非平衡晶格缺陷所引起的含释放．８５０Ｋ观察到一个放热峰，是纳米晶体铁从α相向α＋γ相转变所引起的．

基于低共熔溶剂电沉积铁纳米晶体:过电位、氢键给体对形貌的影响

系统研究铁在3种低共熔溶剂中的电沉积行为以及过电位和氢键给体对铁沉积物形貌的影响。结果表明,在DES1和DES2中,过电位对铁沉积物形貌没有明显影响,但在DES3中过电位对铁纳米粒子的形貌有显著影响。此外,研究结果还证实了氢键给体的种类对铁沉积物的形成有着密切的联系:尿素氢键给体有助于片状网络结构铁膜的形成;乙二醇氢键给体有助于准球形铁纳米粒子的形成;而乙二醇和丙二酸氢键给体的协同作用有助于空心球和类毛线球状等纳米粒子的形成。

Room Temperature Magnetic Behavior of Sol-Gel Synthesized Mn Doped ZnO

Mn doped ZnO nano-crystallites were synthesized by state of the art sol-gel derived auto- combustion technique. As-burnt powder was investigated with different characterization techniques to explore the properties of Mn doped ZnO dilute magnetic semiconductor. X- ray diffraction measurements indicate that Mn doped ZnO retain wurtzite type hexagonal crystal structure like ZnO. Compositional and morphological studies were carried out by energy dispersive X-ray analysis and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. Temperature dependent resistivity of the sample exhibited the semiconducting behavior of the DMS material. Room temperature magnetic properties determined by vibrating sample magnetometer, revealed the presence of ferromagnetic and diamagnetic contributions in Mn doped ZnO.

Nano crystalline powders of NiCu ferrite and NiCuZn ferrite prepared from citrate gel method： Synthesis and cnaracterzation

Nano size nickel copper ferrite powders （NiCuFe204） and nickel copper zinc ferrite powders have been prepared by a citrate gel precursor method. The resulting powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and scanning electron microscope （SEM）. The results showed that nickel copper ferrites and nickel copper zinc ferrites were also in the nanosaele. The NiCu ferrite powders showed extensive XRD fine broadening and sizes of crystals were calculated （from the XRD line broadening） as 26 run-44 run over the temperature range is 200-800℃. The NiCuZn ferrite powders showed XRD line broadening and sizes of of crystals were calculated 46-65 nm over 200-800℃.

Surfactant-assisted synthesis and magnetic properties of monodispersed manganese ferrite nanocrystals

Monodispersed manganese ferrite （MnFe2O4） nanocrystals could be successfully synthesized in large quantities via a facile synthetic technique based on the pyrolysis of organometallic compound precursor, in which octadecene was used as solvent, and oleic acid and oleylamine were used as capping ligands. MnFe204 nanocrystals were obtained with size in a tunable range of 4- 15 nm and their morphologies could be tuned from spherical to triangle-shaped by varying the surfactants. The phase structure, morphology, and size of the products were characterized in detail by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. Magnetic properties of MnFe2O4 nanocrystals with different morphologies were measured using a superconducting quantum interference device （SQUID）. Both monodisperse MnFe204 nanocrystals with spherical and triangle-shapes are superparamagnetic at room temperature while ferromagnetic at 2 K. The pyrolysis method may provide an effective route to synthesize other spinel ferrites or metal oxides nanocrystals.

Facile shape and size-controlled growth of uniform magnetite and hematite nanocrystals with tunable properties

Monodispersed magnetite Fe3O4 and hematite α-Fe2O3 nanocrystals have been grown in co-solvents of alcohol and water. Either the shape or the size of the nanocrystals could be easily controlled. Both the phases and nanostructures have been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction patterns and electron microscopy. The magnetic and catalytic properties of these products were investigated and compared with each other. The obtained results clearly demonstrate that these iron oxide nanocrystals are soft ferromagnetic at room temperature and α-Fe2O3 has a more effective catalytic property on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate than Fe3O4. Based on the experimental data, it is proposed that the magnetic and catalytic properties of these nanocrystals are dependent not only on the size and shape, but also on the surface structure of the nanocrystals. The nanoplates with significant anisotropic nanostructure demonstrate a highly enhanced performance as compared to nanoparticles.

Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble magnetite nanocrystals via one-step sol-gel pathway

Water-soluble magnetite nanocrystals have been prepared by one-step non-alkoxide sol-gel method.The magnetic properties of magnetite nanocrystals obtained are size dependent.The experimental results also reveal that 2-pyrrolidone not only serves as solvent,but also involves surface coordination which renders the magnetite nanoparticles water-soluble and colloidal solution stable.Although the current synthetic approach is a small modification to the non-alkoxide sol-gel method,it allows us to directly obtain high-quality water-soluble magnetic nanocrystals.In addition,we realize that this method could be easily extended to preparation of many other transition and main group metal oxide water-soluble nanocrystals only from simple metal ion salts.