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Preparation and characterization of Fe3O4/Ag composite magnetic nanoparticles

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Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles being used as seeding materials, Ag+ ions on the Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles reduced to the metal form by tartaric acid using heated treatment. Thus, Fe3O4/Ag composite core-shell magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized. The products were characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM) and x-ray diffraction (XRD). Both TEM and XRD results showed that the Ag nanoparticles were well distributed on the surface of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles. The size for Fe3O4/Ag composite magnetic nanoparticles which were spherical shape was ≃40 nm. Furthermore, the magnetic properties of samples were characterized on a vibrating sample magnetometer. Under optimal conditions, Fe3O4/Ag composite nanoparticles showed higher magnetism than pure Fe3O4 nanoparticles.

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Liu, C.H., Zhou, Z.D., Yu, X. et al. Preparation and characterization of Fe3O4/Ag composite magnetic nanoparticles. Inorg Mater 44, 291–295 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016850803014X

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