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Fe3O4@SiO2 core–shell composite nanoparticles were successfully prepared by a one-pot process. Tetraethyl-orthosilicate was used as a surfactant to synthesize Fe3O4@SiO2 core–shell structures from prepared Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The properties of the Fe3O4 and Fe3O4@SiO2 composite nanoparticles were studied by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The prepared Fe3O4 particles were approximately 12 nm in size, and the thickness of the SiO2 coating was approximately 4 nm. The magnetic properties were studied by vibrating sample magnetometry. The results show that the maximum saturation magnetization of the Fe3O4@SiO2 powder (34.85 A·m2·kg–1) was markedly lower than that of the Fe3O4 powder (79.55 A·m2·kg–1), which demonstrates that Fe3O4 was successfully wrapped by SiO2. The Fe3O4@SiO2 composite nanoparticles have broad prospects in biomedical applications; thus, our next study will apply them in magnetic resonance imaging.
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Zhang, L., Shao, Hp., Zheng, H. et al. Synthesis and characterization of Fe3O4@SiO2 magnetic composite nanoparticles by a one-pot process. Int J Miner Metall Mater 23, 1112–1118 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-016-1329-6
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