摘要
Water-soluble magnetite nanocrystals have been prepared by one-step non-alkoxide sol-gel method.The magnetic properties of magnetite nanocrystals obtained are size dependent.The experimental results also reveal that 2-pyrrolidone not only serves as solvent,but also involves surface coordination which renders the magnetite nanoparticles water-soluble and colloidal solution stable.Although the current synthetic approach is a small modification to the non-alkoxide sol-gel method,it allows us to directly obtain high-quality water-soluble magnetic nanocrystals.In addition,we realize that this method could be easily extended to preparation of many other transition and main group metal oxide water-soluble nanocrystals only from simple metal ion salts.
Water-soluble magnetite nanocrystals have been prepared by one-step non-alkoxide sol-gel method. The magnetic properties of magnetite nanocrystals obtained are size dependent. The experimental results also reveal that 2-pyrrolidone not only serves as solvent, but also involves surface coordination which renders the magnetite nanoparticles water-soluble and colloidal solu- tion stable. Although the current synthetic approach is a small modification to the non-alkoxide sol-gel method, it allows us to directly obtain high-quality water-soluble magnetic nanocrystals. In addition, we realize that this method could be easily ex- tended to preparation of many other transition and main group metal oxide water-soluble nanocrystals only from simple metal ion salts.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50901052, 51071109)
Projects of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (Grant No. 10dz2211300)
Program for Young Excellent Talents in Tongji University (Grant No. 2009KJ003)
