Fe2O3-Bi2O3-B2O3 (FeBiB) glasses were developed as novel pH responsive hydrophobic glasses. The influence of the glass composition on the pH sensitivity of FeBiB glasses was investigated. The pH sensitivity drastically decreased with decreasing B2O3 content. A moderate amount of Fe2O3 and a small amount of B2O3 respectively produces bulk electronic conduction and a pH response on glass surfaces...

The stoichiometric recovery and accompanying changes of subsurface atomic structure of Ar ion sputtered, oxygen deficient a-Fe2O3(0001) are studied with X-ray scattering. Although oxygen annealing up to 735 C results in a stoichiometric top surface layer manifested as a (1 · 1) surface structure, the X-ray scattering reveals the existence of a non-stoichiometric phase in the subsurface region. ...

The local density approximation combined with dynamical mean-field theory is applied to study the paramagnetic and magnetically ordered phases of hematite Fe2O3 as a function of volume. As the volume is decreased, a simultaneous first-order insulator-metal and high-spin to low-spin transition occurs close to the experimental value of the critical volume. The high-spin insulating phase is destro...

Thick films of AR Grade nano Fe2O3 material with n-type semiconducting properties were prepared and tested for their gas sensing performances. Thick films of the materials were prepared by screen printing technique. The gas sensing performance was studied using static gas sensing system. The material was tested for various gases such as CO, CO2, NH3, Cl2, H2, LPG, ethanol and H2S. The nano Fe2O...

BACKGROUND The thermal stability of iron oxide nanowires, which were obtained with a hard template method and are promising elements of Li-ion based batteries, has been investigated by means of thermogravimetry, infrared and photoemission spectroscopy measurements. RESULTS The chemical state of the nanowires is typical of the Fe2O3 phase and the stoichiometry changes towards a Fe3O4 phase by ...

In this study the effects of Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles and EDTA on urease activity was investigated. The effect of nano-Fe2O3 and nano-Fe3O4 on urease activity were investigated. Urease activity was studies by UV-Vis spectrophotometry at 40 °C at pH = 7.2 using sodium phosphate as buffer. Measurements were carried out using 0.075 mg/ml of urease and a range of nano-Fe2O3 and nano-F...

Development of highly cost-effective, highly operation-convenient and highly efficient natural polymer-based adsorbents for their biodegradability and biocompatibility, and supply of safe drinking water are the most threatening problems in water treatment field. To tackle the challenges, a new kind of efficient recyclable magnetic chitosan/cellulose hybrid microspheres was prepared by sol-gel m...

Potentiodynamic, impedance measurements were carried out on 304 stainless steel in 0.5N, 1.0, 2.0 and 5.0 N H2SO4 solutions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic [XPS] studies carried out on 304 stainless steel in H2SO4 solutions revealed the existence of CrOOH, Cr2O3, -Fe2O3, FeOOH, Mn2O3, Mn3O4, MnS, Ni (OH)2, Ni2O3, NiO, sulphides. The passive film found to contain chromium oxide inner layer an...

Ovidius University of Constanta, Department of Physics, 124 Mamaia Blvd, 900527, Romania ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract. A series of Fe2O3-Al2O3 mixed systems with composition ranging from 1 to 9% of Al2O3 were prepared by a traditional chemical method and examined for structural characteristics. XRD spectra and SAED patterns...

Iron oxide (Fe2O3) is widely used as a catalyst, pigment and gas sensitive material.  In this article, α-Fe2O3 nano-rods were first synthesized via a simple chemical method using iron(III) nitrate 9- hydrate (Fe(NO3)3.9H2O) as precursor. XRD pattern showed that the iron oxide nanoparticles exhibited alpha-Fe2O3 (hematite) structure in nanocrystals. The single-phase α- Fe2O3 nano-rods were prepa...