Dependence of pH and surfactant effect in the synthesis of magnetite(Fe3O4) nanoparticles and its properties

Faiyas, APA and Vinod, EM and Joseph, J and Ganesan, R and Pandey, RK (2010) Dependence of pH and surfactant effect in the synthesis of magnetite(Fe3O4) nanoparticles and its properties. In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322 (4). pp. 400-404.

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Abstract

Nanoparticles of Fe3O4 were synthesized by co-precipitation in an aqueous solution containing ferrous and ferric salts (1:2) at varying pH with ammonia as a base. It was found that the value of pH influences the reaction mechanism for the formation of Fe3O4. Furthermore, the addition of mercaptoethanol significantly reduced the crystalline size of Fe3O4 nanoparticles from 15.03 to 8.02 nm. X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra revealed that the synthesized nanoparticles were epsilon-Fe2O3 or Fe3O4 phase. To further prove the composition of the product, as-prepared Fe3O4 were examined by X-rayphotoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Magnetic properties of the obtained particles were determined by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Further analysis of the X-ray studies shows that while maintaining a pH value of 6 and 9 in a solution containing iron salts II and III ions produces epsilon-Fe2O3. Whereas a pH value of 11 produces magnetite (Fe3O4) phase. All of these results show that the pH has a major role in the observed phase formation of (Fe3O4) nanoparticles.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Magnetic nanoparticles; pH value; XRD; XPS
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2009 05:35
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/25059

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