Iron oxide nanopropellers prepared by a low-temperature solution approach |
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Authors: | Yang Wan-Hua Lee Chi-Fang Tang Horng Yi Shieh Dar-Bin Yeh Chen-Sheng |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry and Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. |
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Abstract: | The alpha-Fe(2)O(3) (hematite) nanopropellers were synthesized via a low-temperature solution-based method using FeCl(2) as a precursor in the presence of urea and glycine hydrochloride. The formation of alpha-Fe(2)O(3) nanopropellers is strongly depended on the addition of glycine hydrochloride, which serves as a pH modulator and affects the oxidation rate of Fe(2+). The structural evolution of the propeller-structured hematite was found to follow dissolution and recrystallization processes. For the structural conformation, each nanopropeller presents a hexagonal central column closed by six equivalent surfaces of {(-)1100} and the six arrays of the nanopropeller structure are a result of growth along +/- [(-)1100], +/- [(-)1010], and +/-[0(-)110]. Preliminary results show that the magnetic maghemite (gamma-Fe(2)O(3)) nanopropellers could also be prepared by a reduction and reoxidation process from the alpha-Fe(2)O(3) (hematite) nanopropeller precursors. |
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