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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2016-03-01

Journal: SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

Included Journals: Scopus、EI、SCIE

Volume: 25

Issue: 3

ISSN: 0964-1726

Key Words: Fe3O4 nanoparticles; 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane; sonochemical; magnetorheological properties

Abstract: In this study, monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized successfully using a sonochemical method in the presence of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES). The morphology, microstructure and magnetic properties of the bare Fe3O4 and APTES-coated Fe3O4 were investigated in detail by TEM, XRD, FTIR and SQUID. It was found that APTES-coated Fe3O4 showed relatively good. dispersion with a. narrow size distribution of 8.4 +/- 2.1 nm. diameter. The functionalization of Fe3O4 was proved to be covalent linking between Fe3O4 and APTES. The field-dependent magnetization curve indicated superparamagnetic behavior of Fe3O4-APTES with a saturation magnetization (Ms) of 70.5 emu g(-1) at room temperature. A. magnetorheological (MR) fluid was prepared using the obtained Fe3O4-APTES nanoparticles with 25 wt% particles, and its MR properties were. tested using. a Physica MCR301 rheometer fitted with an MRmodule. The results showed that the as-prepared APTES-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticle-based MR fluid exhibited typical MR effects, with increasing viscosity, shear stress and yield stress depending on the applied magnetic field strength.