Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Abstract
Magnetic Ni-rich NiCu nanoparticles with Ni:Cu mass ratio (S) of 2.0 and 2.6 were prepared using a mixture of polyoxyethylene (10) isooctylphenyl ether (Triton X-100) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in a mild hydrothermal condition at 95 C. X-ray diffractometry (XRD) showed that the nanoparticles prepared at S = 2.0 possessed NiCu alloy characteristic whereas the characteristic was absent at S = 2.6. The XRD data was enhanced by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) which exhibited metal-metal (NiCu) band at 455 cm -1. Based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the average particle sizes for the nanoparticles prepared at S = 2.0 and 2.6 were in the range of 19-23nm. The as-prepared nanoparticles exhibited paramagnetic behaviour measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and the specific saturation magnetization decreased at the higher concentration of Ni. © 2010 G. H. Mohamed Saeed et al.
Keywords
Average particle size Concentration of Iso-octylphenyl ether Mass ratio Mild hydrothermal condition Ni-Cu alloy Polyoxyethylene Sodium dodecyl sulfate Specific saturation magnetization TEM Triton X-100 Vibrating sample magnetometer X-ray diffractometry XRD Ethers Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Fourier transforms Hydrothermal synthesis Metadata Nanoparticles Polyethylene glycols Polyethylene oxides Saturation magnetization Scanning electron microscopy Sodium Sodium sulfate Transmission electron microscopy Wavelet transforms X ray diffraction analysis Nanomagnetics
Divisions
PHYSICS
Publication Title
Journal of Nanomaterials (JNM)
Volume
2010
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation