Field-induced self-assembly of iron oxide nanoparticles investigated using small-angle neutron scattering.

Direct Measurements of Polymer Brush Conformation Using Small- Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) from Highly Grafted Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Homopolymer Melts

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a sensitive technique that is able to probe the structure of polymer-grafted nanoparticles and free polymer chains. Here, we combine SANS measurements with self-consistent field theory (SCFT) calculations to study the structure of deuterated poly(methyl methacrylate) (dPMMA) nanocomposites containing PMMA-grafted Fe3O4 nanospheres, with a specific emphas...

Magnetic Structure of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using SANS Summer School on Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectometry NIST Center for Neutron Research

Hybrid magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with tunable field-directed self-assembly.

We describe the synthesis of hybrid magnetic ellipsoidal nanoparticles that consist of a mixture of two different iron oxide phases, hematite (α-Fe2O3) and maghemite (γ-Fe2O3), and characterize their magnetic field-driven self-assembly. We demonstrate that the relative amount of the two phases can be adjusted in a continuous way by varying the reaction time during the synthesis, leading to stro...

Structural and magnetic properties of multi-core nanoparticles analysed using a generalised numerical inversion method

The structural and magnetic properties of magnetic multi-core particles were determined by numerical inversion of small angle scattering and isothermal magnetisation data. The investigated particles consist of iron oxide nanoparticle cores (9 nm) embedded in poly(styrene) spheres (160 nm). A thorough physical characterisation of the particles included transmission electron microscopy, X-ray dif...

Additive-Driven Self-Assembly of Well-Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/ Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Composites for Supercapacitors

Ordered mesoporous carbon/iron oxide composites were prepared by cooperative self-assembly of poly(tbutyl acrylate)-block-polyacrylonitrile (PtBA-b-PAN), which contains both a carbon precursor block and a porogen block, and phenol-functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs). Because of the selective hydrogen bonding between the phenol-functionalized iron oxide NPs and PAN, the NPs were prefer...