A Mossbauer study of the chemical stability of iron oxide nanoparticles in PMMA and PVB beads

作者：Chen Wei; Morup Steen; Hansen Mikkel F^*; Banert Tobias; Peuker Urs A

来源：Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2008, 320(16): 2099-2105.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.03.031

• magnetic bead
• magnetic bio-separation
• Mossbauer spectroscopy
• oxidation of Fe(3)O(4)
• spray drying

We have prepared magnetic beads consisting of iron oxide nanoparticles in a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) matrix. High-field Mossbauer studies show that the particles have an almost perfect collinear spin structure and magnetization measurements show that they are superparamagnetic at room temperature at a time scale of seconds. We have followed the oxidation of the particles, which initially have a stoichiometry close to magnetite. The oxidation is fast during the first 2-3 weeks and then continues slowly such that even after 30 weeks the particles have not completely transformed to maghemite. The PVB beads are hydrophilic and biocompatible and are therefore well suited for applications in medicine and biology.

• 出版日期2008-8
• 单位河北师范大学