Issue 43, 2018

Shaping iron oxide nanocrystals for magnetic separation applications

Abstract

Iron oxide nanostructures are attractive for a variety of bio-related applications given their wide range of magnetic properties. Here, we report on the study of the magnetophoretic mobility of octapod-shaped nanocrystals, which we relate to stoichiometry, quality and elongation in the 〈111〉 direction of these cubic structures. This special morphology combines magnetocrystalline anisotropies, increases shape anisotropy and hinders the formation of an epitaxial wüstite-magnetite interface. As a result, one obtains nanocrystals with large magnetic susceptibility and small coercivity, that is, with optimum characteristics for magnetic guidance, separation, and drug delivery, due to the increased magnetophoretic mobility displayed.

Graphical abstract: Shaping iron oxide nanocrystals for magnetic separation applications

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 7 2018
Accepted
22 10 2018
First published
25 10 2018

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 20462-20467

Shaping iron oxide nanocrystals for magnetic separation applications

M. Testa-Anta, S. Liébana-Viñas, B. Rivas-Murias, B. Rodríguez González, M. Farle and V. Salgueiriño, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 20462 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR05864D

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