Spintronics is the catch phrase for novel kinds of electronics that exploit the spin of charge carriers – electrons or holes – in addition to their charge. Massive efforts by scientists and engineers are underway to bring many exciting concepts in this field to fruition. It would be good if one could find a practical material where all the conduction electrons have the same spin orientation. Su...

In this study, the removal of cadmium and lead ions from aqueous solution by nanocrystalline magnetite was investigated. The nanocrystalline magnetite was synthesized by mechanochemical activation of hematite in a high energy planetary mill in argon atmosphere for 45 hours. The ability of the synthesized nanocrystalline magnetite for removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solutions was studi...

Magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (NPs) and SiO2-coated Fe3O4 have successfully been synthesized using co-precipitation modified Stöber methods, respectively. The samples were characterized X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) techniques, absorption spectroscopy (XAS),...

Weathering products of two fragments of Dronino iron ungrouped meteorite found in the wet and drier clay sand were studied using X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution. The products of metal oxidation in the internal and external surface layers were different for both fragments. The weathering products in fragment found in the wet clay sand contain magnetit...

Local density approximation + Hubbard U (LDA + U) band structure calculations reveal that magnetite (Fe3O4) forms an insulating charge-orbital-ordered state below the Verwey transition temperature. The calculated charge ordering is in good agreement with that inferred from recent experiments. We found an associated t(2g) orbital ordering on the octahedral Fe2+ sublattice. Such an orbital orderi...

We report the physico-chemical characterisation of fatty acid stabilised aqueous magnetic fluids, which are ideal systems for studying the influence of nanoparticle aggregation on the emergent magnetic resonance properties of the suspensions. Stable colloids of superparamagnetic magnetite, Fe3O4, nanoparticle clusters in the 80 to 100 nm size range were produced by in situ nanoparticle growth a...

The interaction of water with Fe3O4(001) is studied by density functional theory calculations including an on-site Coulomb term. For isolated molecules, dissociative adsorption is strongly promoted at surface defect sites, while at higher coverages a hydrogen-bonded network forms with alternating molecular and dissociated species. This mixed adsorption mode and a suppression of the (square root...

We report dynamic alternation of the redox chemistry of the Fe/ Fe couple in magnetite during high temperature water−gas shift reaction in Cu codoped Mmodified ferrite catalysts. Various hematitic solid solutions of the type Fe2O3−MxOy−CuOx with M = Cr, Ce, Ni, Co, Mn, and Zn are synthesized using the industrially economical and environmentally friendly coprecipitation method. Interestingly, Cu...

Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized and functionalized with (3-aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane (APTMS) chitosan, forming Fe3O4-NH2 Fe3O4-NH2-chitosan nanoparticles. The by a co-precipitation method functionalization was performed in further stages. characterized X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), zeta potential, transmission electron microscopy (TEM). result...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are being increasingly studied as electrode materials for supercapacitors (SCs) due to their high electronic conductivity and chemical mechanical stability. However, energy density specific capacitance have not reached the commercial stage electrostatic charge storage system via a non-faradic mechanism. Moreover, magnetite (Fe3O4) exhibits higher originating from its pse...