Issue 1, 2013

Synthesis of monodispersed magnetite nanoparticles from iron pivalate clusters

Abstract

The iron pivalate clusters [Fe3O(O2CtBu)6(H2O)3](O2CtBu)·HO2CtBu (1), [Fe8(OH)4(O2CtBu)12(OC6H4C6H5)8] (2) and [Fe3O(O2CtBu)6(C5H5N)3] (3) have been used as single source precursors to synthesise iron oxide nanoparticles by a hot injection thermal decomposition method in oleylamine, hexadecanol, oleic acid, oleylamine/oleic acid with dodecanol or octyl ether as solvent. The effect of the different reaction parameters such as temperature, reaction time and capping agents on the phase and morphology were studied. The reaction time was studied for (1) by thermolysis in a mixture of oleylamine, oleic acid, hexadecanol and dodecanol (solvent) at 260 °C. The results obtained showed that a mixture of maghemite-C (Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) were obtained for aliquots withdrawn for reaction times of less than 30 minutes whilst only magnetite was obtained after one hour. The nanoparticles were characterised by p-XRD, TEM and magnetic measurements. TEM showed that monodispersed magnetite particles were obtained when the precursor was injected at the boiling point of the solvent. The diameter of the monodispersed nanoparticles obtained by the thermolysis of [Fe3O(O2CtBu)6(H2O)3](O2CtBu)·HO2CtBu (1) in oleylamine, hexadecanol, oleic acid with dodecanol or octyl ether as solvent were 4.3 ± 0.4 and 4.9 ± 0.5 nm respectively. Magnetic measurements revealed that all the particles are superparamagnetic.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of monodispersed magnetite nanoparticles from iron pivalate clusters

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Aug 2012
Accepted
25 Oct 2012
First published
29 Oct 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 196-206

Synthesis of monodispersed magnetite nanoparticles from iron pivalate clusters

K. Abdulwahab, M. A. Malik, P. O'Brien, K. Govender, C. A. Muryn, G. A. Timco, F. Tuna and R. E. P. Winpenny, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 196 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32478D

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