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Increasing the Particle Size and Magnetic Property of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles through a Segregated Nucleation and Growth Process
Summary
Researchers synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles with controlled size and improved magnetic properties by separating the nucleation and growth phases of the thermal decomposition process, using polyethylene glycol as the solvent and polyethyleneimine as a modifier to produce water-dispersible particles with tunable characteristics.
Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONs) with good water dispersibility were prepared by the thermal decomposition of iron acetylacetonate (Fe(acac)3) in the high-boiling organic solvent polyethylene glycol (PEG) using polyethyleneimine (PEI) as a modifier. The nucleation and growth processes of the crystals were separated during the reaction process by batch additions of the reaction material, which could inhibit the nucleation but maintain the crystal growth, and products with larger particle sizes and high saturation magnetization were obtained. The method of batch addition of the reactant prepared IONs with the largest particle size and the highest saturation magnetization compared with IONs reported using PEG as the reaction solvent. The IONs prepared by this method also retained good water dispersibility. Therefore, these IONs are potentially suitable for the magnetic separation of cells, proteins, or nucleic acids when large magnetic responses are needed.