Size Controlled Synthesis of Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles by Ascorbic Acid Mediated Reduction of Fe(acac)₃ without Using Capping Agent

Abstract:

Magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by ascorbic acid mediated reduction of Fe (acac)₃, without using any intentionally added capping agent. Fine tuning of synthesis parameters such as dropping rate of ascorbic acid solution, addition temperature, reflux temperature and time, and concentration of reactants have yielded nanoparticles of size 15±4 nm. Synthesis is observed to be highly reproducible. Possible mechanism for growth of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles is suggested. Nanoparticles are characterized for their size, crystallinity and crystal structure, elemental analysis for impurities (if any), and presence of any additional oxide phases – by SEM and TEM, XRD, EDAX and XPS spectroscopy, respectively.

• Periodical: Journal of Nano Research (Volume 40)
• Pages: 8-19
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.40.8
• Online since: March 2016
• Authors: Ajinkya G. Nene, Makoto Takahashi, Koichi Wakita, Masayoshi Umeno
• Keywords: Decomposition Efficiency, Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles, Magnetite, Reproducibility, Size Controlled Synthesis

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