1. Magnetic behavior in CoFe2-CoFe2O4 nanocomposites obtained from colloidal synthesis using chitosan and borohydride reduction
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J. A. P. da Costa, L.J. de Lima, Adolfo Franco, R. B. da Silva, C.L. de Vasconcelos, E.L. Brito, and J. M. Soares
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Materials science ,Nanocomposite ,Scanning electron microscope ,Nanoparticle ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Borohydride ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Amorphous solid ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Magnetization ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Ferromagnetism ,Particle size ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Magnetic nanocomposites of CoFe 2 -CoFe 2 O 4 were synthesized using the borohydride reduction process in a chitosan solution of FeCl 2 ·4H 2 O and CoCl 2 ·6H 2 O. The chemical crosslinking favored the formation of cobalt ferrite in the nanoparticle synthesis process. The phase structure, particle size, morphology and magnetization of the nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Mossbauer spectroscopy (MS), scanning electron microscopy, and vibrating sample magnetoscopy, respectively. The XRD results showed that the samples are mostly made up of amorphous phases and MS shows that the phases are Fe-B. The average size of the nanoparticles obtained varied within a range of 4–13 nm. Different magnetic behavior such as ferromagnetism, spin glass and exchange-spring were observed in the nanocomposites depending on the quantify of CoFe 2 O 4 .
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- 2017
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