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Controlled Synthesis and Chemical Conversions of FeO Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Hou Yanglong,
Xu Zhichuan,
Sun Shouheng
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200701694
Subject(s) - oleylamine , nanoparticle , dispersity , octahedron , catalysis , decomposition , oleic acid , materials science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , thermal decomposition , magnetic nanoparticles , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , ion , biochemistry , engineering
Shaping up for conversion : Monodisperse FeO nanoparticles were synthesized by reductive decomposition of iron(III) acetylacetonate with oleic acid (OA) and oleylamine (OAm). The nanoparticle sizes were tunable from 14 to 100 nm and their shapes were controlled to be either spherical or truncated octahedral (see images). The FeO nanoparticles were converted into diverse Fe x O y nanoparticles, which have potential in magnetic and catalytic applications.