Issue 40, 2005

IRlaser-induced chemical vapor deposition of carbon-coated iron nanoparticles embedded in polymer

Abstract

Co-decomposition of gaseous mixtures of silacyclopent-3-ene and Fe(CO)5 by irradiation at (9 + 10) and (9 + 10 + 5) µm from two CO2 lasers is reported. In a one-step process, this produced nanosized (α-Fe)-based particles that consist of both superparamagnetic and ferromagnetic phases. They were enveloped within a thin graphitic shell and embedded in an organosilicon polymer matrix. Properties of the nanocomposites, examined by infrared and Raman spectroscopies, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and magnetization studies, are shown to differ for the 2λ and 3λ irradiations. The latter consist of smaller Fe-based nanoparticles, display less graphitic carbon, possess more abundant Si/C/H phases and have their cores richer in Fe and superparamagnetic phase.

Graphical abstract: IR laser-induced chemical vapor deposition of carbon-coated iron nanoparticles embedded in polymer

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jul 2005
Accepted
04 Aug 2005
First published
24 Aug 2005

J. Mater. Chem., 2005,15, 4311-4317

IR laser-induced chemical vapor deposition of carbon-coated iron nanoparticles embedded in polymer

L. Díaz, M. Santos, C. Ballesteros, M. Maryško and J. Pola, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 4311 DOI: 10.1039/B509365A

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