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Yolk‐like Micro/Nanoparticles with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Cores and Hierarchical Nickel Silicate Shells
Author(s) -
Fang Qunling,
Xuan Shouhu,
Jiang Wanquan,
Gong Xinglong
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201002191
Subject(s) - materials science , superparamagnetism , nanoparticle , nanostructure , chemical engineering , nanomaterial based catalyst , nickel , catalysis , silicate , hydrothermal circulation , nanotechnology , magnetization , metallurgy , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field
Yolk‐like nano/microparticles with superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) cores and hierarchical nickel silicate (NS) shells, designated yolk SPIO@NS, are fabricated by combining the versatile sol–gel process and the hydrothermal reaction, involving the coating of SPIO particles with SiO 2 and transformation of the SiO 2 shells into NS hollow spheres with hierarchical nanostructures. Various yolk/shell nanostructures with tunable NS shell thicknesses and SPIO core sizes are successfully prepared by controlling the experimental parameters. Au nanoparticles can be impregnated into the yolk‐like microspheres in situ to form SPIO@NS/Au composite particles and the as‐prepared magnetic nanocatalysts show good catalytic activity, using the catalytic reduction of RhB as a model reaction. This facile method can be extended to the synthesis of other encapsulated particles with yolk‐like nanostructure.