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Synthesis and characterization of “mulberry”-like Fe3O4/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites

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Nanocomposites composed of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were fabricated using solvothermal method. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and X-ray powder diffraction measurements confirmed that these mulberry-like Fe3O4 microparticles which were combined with the MWNTs in a random pattern are constructed with tiny nanocrystallites (12 nm in average diameter). The magnetic properties of the Fe3O4/MWNTs nanocomposites were measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer. Results showed that the Fe3O4/MWNTs nanocomposites exhibited superparamagnetism at room temperature and possessed a lower saturation magnetization (around 27.6 emu/g) than that of the pure Fe3O4 nanoparticles (around 33.7 emu/g). The Fe3O4/MWNTs nanocomposites have potential applications in engineering and medicine.

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This study has been supported by the National Nature Science Foundation (50903040), and the special grades of the financial supports were obtained from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (201003554), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20090451169), the Jiangsu Postdoctoral Science Foundation (0901078C), the Jiangsu Key Lab of material tribology Foundation (kjsmcx0905), and the Senior Intellectuals Fund of Jiangsu University (09JDG003).

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    Hao-Jie Song, Na Li, Xiaojing Jing, Xiaofei Yang & Hua Tang

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Song, HJ., Li, N., Jing, X. et al. Synthesis and characterization of “mulberry”-like Fe3O4/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites. J Nanopart Res 13, 5457–5464 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-011-0533-6

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