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Tunneling the size of iron oxide NPs using different alcohols and proportions water-alcohol

  • Rivera, F.L. (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica Fisica Aplicada) ;
  • Sanchez-Marcos, J. (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica Fisica Aplicada) ;
  • Menendez, N. (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica Fisica Aplicada) ;
  • Herrasti, P. (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica Fisica Aplicada) ;
  • Mazario, E. (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Quimica Fisica Aplicada)
  • Received : 2019.04.30
  • Accepted : 2019.09.04
  • Published : 2020.02.25
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Abstract

In this work the properties of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) synthesized by electrochemical method using different water-alcohol proportions and alcohols have been investigated. The syntheses were carried out using 99% iron foils acting electrodes in a 0.04 M NaCl solutions at room temperature applying 22 mAcm-2 on the working electrode, mostly obtaining magnetite nanoparticles. The impact of the electrolyte in the size of the synthesized MNPs has been evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), chronopotentiometric studies, and magnetic characterization. The results have shown that nanoparticles can be obtained in the range of 6 to 26 nm depending on the type of alcohol and the proportions in the mixture of water-alcohol. The same trend has been observed for all alcohols. As the proportion of these in the medium increases, the nanoparticles obtained are smaller in size. This trend is maintained until a certain proportion of alcohol: 50% for methanol, and 60% for the rest of alcohols, proportions where obtaining a single phase of magnetite is not favored.

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Supported by : Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT)

This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities with the projects PGC2018-095642-B-100. The authors also thanks to the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) for the grant number 709903.

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