Fabrication of carbon nano-tubes decorated with ultra fine superparamagnetic nano-particles under continuous flow conditions

Suk Chin, Killugudi Iyer, Colin Raston

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Abstract

Ultra fine (2–3 nm) magnetite (Fe3O4) nano-particles are uniformly deposited on single-walled carbon nano-tubes (SWCNTs) pre-functionalised with carboxylic acidgroups using microwave radiation. The deposition process involves chemical precipitation associated with continuous flow spinning disc processing (SDP), as a rapid, environmentally friendly approach which is readily scalable for large scale synthesis. The resulting decorated SWCNTs are superparamagnetic with specific saturated magnetization of 30 emu g−1.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)439-442
JournalLab On a Chip: miniaturisation for chemistry and biology
Volume8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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