1. Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10125 Torino, Italy;2. INRIM, Electromagnetism, Strada delle Cacce 91, 10135 Torino, Italy
Abstract:
This paper reports a novel synthetic process to obtain poly(ethylene glycol)‐coated magnetite nanoparticles. Magnetite nanoparticles were synthesized by a chemical co‐precipitation of Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions under alkaline conditions, which were then coated with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate via UV‐curing in water. The nanoparticles were characterized by means of DLS, FT‐IR spectroscopy, TGA, TEM, and XPS. The magnetic properties of the magnetic nanoparticles at room temperature were also characterized by the measurement of hysteresis curves using a vibrating‐sample magnetometer.
