Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on

Nanostructures (ICNS4)

12-14 March 2012, Kish Island, I.R. Iran

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Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic Fe3O4/ polyurethane nanocomposites

A. Mohammadi, M. Barikani*, M. Barmar Department of Polyurethane, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, P.O. Box 14965/115, Tehran, Iran *M.Barikani@ippi.ac.ir

of Fe3O4 /SiO2 / APTES core-shell nanoparticles. Fe3O4 nanoparticles were prepared by the chemical co-precipitation method. Then, SiO2 shell was coated on the magnetic core with the Stober method. Finally, Silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles were amine activated by APTES. The structure and composition of synthesized nanoparticles were characterized. Keywords: Silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles; Silanization; Amine activated MAG 055

Magnetic Fe3O4/polyurethane (PU) nanocomposites were fabricated by insitu polymerization. Magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4) were synthesized by coprecipitation. Two Magnetic Fe3O4/PU nanocomposites were fabricated with different value of the nanoparticles, and effect of these nanoparticles on thermal and magnetic properties of compounds was investigated by thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) respectively. DTG result indicated the non-oxidative thermal stability of the composites increased with the increase of the content of Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Pure Fe3O4 inverse spinel structure of these nanoparticles was indicated by the X-ray diffraction (XRD). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed the morphology and distribution of synthesized nanopaticles. Keywords: Fe3O4 nanoparticles, Polyurethane, Nanocomposite, Magnetic hysteresis loop MAG 053

On the Structural and Magnetic properties of mechanosynthesized BiFeO3 nano-crystalline particles

M. S. Alqayoudhi, H. M. Widatallah*, A. M. Gismelseed, I. A. Al-Omari, K. S. A. Al Rashdi, A. D. Al Rawas Department of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University, P. O. Box 36, 123, Muscat, Oman *hishammw@squ.edu.om

Shape-Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Nanostructured under Microwave Radiation

E. Mofarraha, S. Samadanianb, P. Baniamerianb, El. Mofarrahb* a Department of Chemistry of Islamic Azad University of Shahre-Rey, Shahre-Ray, Iran b Department of Chemical Engineering of Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran *mofarrah@aut.ac.ir

Flowerlike cobalt nanostructures were synthesized by novel method under microwave radiation. No templates were used for self-assembly of cobalt nanostructures and the required time (under ten minute) in this method has preference over other methods. The morphology and properties of cobalt nanostructures were investigated using XRay diffraction (XRD), dynamic laser light scattering (DLLS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) instruments. The hysteresis curve was specified by vibrating sample magneometry technique. Keywords: Cobalt, Microwave, Flower-like nanostructures, Magnetic property MAG 054

Preparation and Characterization of Fe3O4 /SiO2 / APTES Core-Shell Nanoparticles

R .Khatiria, b, A. Reyhanic, *, S. Z. Mortazavid, M. Hossainalipoura a Department of Material and Metallurgy, Iran University of Sicence and Technology, Resalat Ave, P.O. Box: 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran b Material Research School, P.O. Box: 14395-836, Tehran, Iran c Physics Department, Faculty of Science, I. K. I. University, P.O. Box 34149-16818, Qazvin, Iran d Physics Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Hafez Ave, P.O.Box 15875-4413, Tehran-Iran *reyhani@alum.sharif.ir

Perovskite-related BiFeO3 and BiFe0.9Ti0.075O3 nanocrystalline particles (~ 20-30 nm), were formed form appropriate mixtures of pure and Ti-doped -Fe2O3 with Bi2O3 using mechanosynthesis. The pure (BiFeO3) nanocrystalline particles with cubic perovskite structure were prepared in a two-step process where the reactants were milled for 48 h under a milling speed of 600 rpm and subsequently sintered at 400oC (1h). Cubic perovskite-related BiFe0.9Ti0.075O3 nanoparticles, on the hand, were formed by milling the reactants for only 32 h under similar milling conditions. The formation process of the nanoparticles and their structural and magnetic properties were investigated with x-ray powder diffraction, 57Fe Mssbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. The milling speed and sintering temperature and time were found to be crucial in obtaining single perovskite phase. The average crystallite size was found to decrease whereas the lattice parameters increased for the Ti doped nanoparticles relative to the pure pristine. 57Fe Mssbauer spectroscopy and Magnetic measurements show both nanostructured materials to exhibit a superparamagnetic behavior at 298K and a weak ferromagnetism (canted-antiferromagnetism) at low temperature. The internal magnetic hyperfine field of the BiFe0.9Ti0.075O3 nanoparticles is notably weaker than that of BiFeO3 which is indicative of a weaker superexchange interaction in the Ti-doped nanoparticles. It is also found that the nanoscale pure and Ti-doped BiFeO3 particles exhibit a significant enhanced magnetic hardness relative to bulk BiFeO3. Specifically the coercive field of the mechanosynthesized nanocrystalline BiFeO3 (HC 0.625 T) is about 16 times larger than that of the bulk BiFeO3 (HC 40 mT).The thermal variation of the magnetization of the BiFeO3 nanoparticles shows an unexpected rapid rise at about 550 K which disappears when the material is cooled and the measurements is repeated. This could be correlated to the different thermally-induced spin orientations in the large volume fraction surface layer relative to those at the nanoparticles cores; a behavior that has no bulk counterpart. Keywords: nanocrystalline particles, Mssbauer spectroscopy, perovskite, mechanosyntheis, XRD

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