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A method is proposed for the preparation of iron(III) oxide nanoparticles via thermal decomposition of iron(III) acetate in a high-temperature solution of polyethylene. The nanoparticles were characterized by EXAFS, EPR, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The nearest neighbor environment of Fe in the nanoparticles was shown to be similar to that in the structure of γ-Fe2O3 . According to the Mössbauer results, the material contains iron(III) oxide in superparamagnetic and ferromagnetic states similar to γ-Fe2O3 . The particle size determined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy is consistent with x-ray diffraction data. Experimental data are presented on the field-dependent magnetization of the material.
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Yurkov, G.Y., Gubin, S.P., Pankratov, D.A. et al. Iron(III) Oxide Nanoparticles in a Polyethylene Matrix. Inorganic Materials 38, 137–145 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014013110541
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