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Preparation and magnetic properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes decorated by Fe3O4 nanoparticles

  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with average sizes of 6 and 10 nm were synthesized by a chemical co-precipitation method from mixtures of FeCl2·4H2O and FeCl3·6H2O. They were ultrasonicated with HNO3-oxidized MWCNTs in a solution (water/ethanol=1:1v/v) to carry out the decoration. The structure and properties of as-obtained Fe3O4/MWCNT composites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry, X-ray diffraction and thermal gravimetry. Results showed that the Fe3O4 mass fraction in the composites were 26.6 and 29.3 % for particle sizes of 6 and 10 nm, and their saturation magnetizations were 16.5 and 7.5 emu·g-1 respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)111-116
Number of pages6
JournalXinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2012

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Dcoration
  • Iron oxide
  • Magnetic materials
  • Nanocomposites

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