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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2014-07-21

Journal:JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:2

Issue:27

Page Number:5292-5298

ISSN No.:2050-7526

Abstract:Fe3Si nanoparticles with a size of about 6-9 nm well dispersed on silica have been prepared by pyrolysis of ferrocene-polydimethylsilane composites at 600 degrees C. Powder XRD patterns, TEM and HRTEM images, and XPS spectra revealed that the average particle size increased with increasing pyrolysis temperature and a new phase, Fe5Si3, appeared when the pyrolysis temperature was above 800 degrees C. Fe-57 Mossbauer spectra, M - H curves and FC and ZFC curves demonstrated that the as-prepared nanoparticles presented superparamagnetic behavior at 27 degrees C and ferromagnetic behavior at -268 degrees C, and their particle sizes had a great impact on their magnetic properties. The Fe3Si nanoparticles on silica may find applications in magnetically recording materials, magnetically separable catalysts and electrode materials for spintronic devices.