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Influence of glycols in microwave assisted synthesis of ironoxide nanoparticles

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In the present work, iron oxide nanoparticles have been prepared by microwave-assisted synthesis with the influence of different glycols. The presence of different glycols in different experiments has an effect on the final phase and size of synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles. Synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). XRD measurements show that the peaks of diffractogram are in agreement with the theoretical data of iron oxide nanoparticle phases, i.e. magnetite, hematite and maghemite. Crystallite size of the particles was found to be 35.5, 29.9 and 28.2 nm for Fe3O4, α-Fe2O3 and γ-Fe2O3, respectively. FESEM studies further confirm the particle size measurement. EDX spectral analysis reveals the presence of carbon, oxygen, iron in the synthesized nanoparticles. The FTIR graphs indicated absorption bands due to O–H stretching, C–O bending, C–H stretching and Fe–O stretching vibrations. TGA curve represented weight loss percentage of synthesized nanoparticles due to the elimination of the water molecules and solvent evaporation; finally, the residual weight corresponds to 76, 93 and 94 % for Fe3O4, α-Fe2O3 and γ-Fe2O3, respectively.

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    Sapana Guru, Deepti Mishra & Sudhir Sitaram Amritphale

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Guru, S., Mishra, D., Amritphale, S.S. et al. Influence of glycols in microwave assisted synthesis of ironoxide nanoparticles. Colloid Polym Sci 294, 207–213 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3755-9

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