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Solvothermal synthesis of magnetite hollow submicrospheres and mesoporous nanoparticles

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Magnetite hollow submicrospheres and mesoporous nanoparticles have been synthesized by a solvothermal approach with assistant of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP). Experimental results showed that the morphology of magnetite was transformed from hollow to solid submicrospheres with increasing amount of HMT. Moreover, without addition of PVP or appropriate addition of external water, mesoporous nanoparticles were obtained. A probable gaseous bubble template mechanism was proposed for the formation of magnetite hollow and mesoporous nanostructures based on experimental observations. Magnetic measurement results revealed that all of the samples were ferromagnetic at room temperature.

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This work has been supported by Doctoral Science Foundation of Shenyang University of Technology (2012) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51331006.

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    Xiaolei Wang, Jin Yu, Guimei Shi & Ge Xu

  2. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, and International Centre for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaolei Wang & Zhidong Zhang

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Wang, X., Yu, J., Shi, G. et al. Solvothermal synthesis of magnetite hollow submicrospheres and mesoporous nanoparticles. J Mater Sci 49, 6029–6038 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8323-z

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