Synthesis of normal spinel magnetite/MWNT nanocomposite

Document Type : Original Paper

Authors

1 Tarbiat Modares

2 Tarbiat modares

Abstract

Fe3O4/MWNT magnetic nanocomposites were synthesized by a facile solvothermal route. Distribution of Ferrous and Ferric cations among the two interstitial (tetrahedral and octahedral) sites has been estimated by applying the full pattern fitting of the Rietveld refinement method. This analysis indicated that Ferrous cations occupy tetrahedral sites. Raman spectroscopy (RS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier-transforminfrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) confirmed the formation of the ferrite structure on the external surfaces of the CNTs. Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) measurement indicated that this nanocomposite at room temperature was treated as superparamagnetic material with high saturation magnetization.

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