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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Synthesis and Phase Transfer of Monodisperse Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) Nanocubes

Melissa R. Dewi A , William M. Skinner A and Thomas Nann A B
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A Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Blvd, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: thomas.nann@unisa.edu.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 67(4) 663-669 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13595
Submitted: 1 November 2013  Accepted: 2 December 2013   Published: 20 December 2013

Abstract

Cube-shaped magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesised and studied with the aim to achieve superior magnetic properties. This study describes a straightforward and simple synthesis method for preparing monodisperse 11–14-nm superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocubes via an ‘effective monomer’ growth mechanism. The as-synthesised nanoparticles are insoluble in water. However, substitution of the non-polar ligands of the particles using a new method that involved an ionic compound generated colloidally stable and water dispersible cube-shaped particles with a very small hydrodynamic diameter. The cubes displayed superior magnetic properties over spherical particles.


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