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Continuous Flow Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Water-in-Oil Microemulsion

Colloid Journal volume 82, pages 727–734 (2020)Cite this article

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A continuous laminar flow reactor for the synthesis of nanopowder in microemulsion is described. The reactor is suitable for separated handling with nucleation, growth, and stabilization processes. The synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles was selected as a model case. A water−sodium dodecyl sulphate−cyclohexene system was used as the microemulsion system for dissolving reactive aqueous solution, precursor, and a particle stabilizer. The product was purified and transferred to the aqueous phase. The result was a colloid solution of iron oxide nanoparticles in water of 50–200 nm in size with a zeta potential ranging from –25 to –57 mV. The product was characterized by UV-VIS spectroscopy, powder XRD, dynamic light scattering, electron microscopy, and electron diffraction. The results showed that water-in-oil microemulsion method is useful for the synthesis of nanopowders to obtain large amounts of stable product.

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Financial support of the Grant Academy of Czech Republic of project “Advanced Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Size-Dependent Phase Diagrams of Nanoalloys” (GA17-15405S) is gratefully acknowledged. This research has also been financially supported by the MEYS CR under the project CEITEC 2020 (LQ1601) and the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the grant agreement no. 810 626 (SINNCE).

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  1. Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic

    J. Sopoušek, J. Pinkas & P. Krásenský

  2. Masaryk University, Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic

    J. Sopoušek & J. Pinkas

  3. Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 61662, Brno, Czech Republic

    J. Buršík & M. Svoboda

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Sopoušek, J., Pinkas, J., Buršík, J. et al. Continuous Flow Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Water-in-Oil Microemulsion. Colloid J 82, 727–734 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X20060174

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