Combination of the surfactant-free nonaqueous sol–gel approach with the microwave technique makes it possible to synthesize Fe3O4, CoFe2O4, MnFe2O4, and NiFe2O4 nanoparticles of about 5–6 nm and with high crystallinity and good morphological uniformity. The synthesis involves the reaction of metal acetates or acetylacetonates as precursors with benzyl alcohol at 170 C under microwave irradiatio...

The nano-crystalline nickel-zinc ferrite was prepared via chemical synthesis. Zinc nitrate, nickel nitrate, iron nitrate hydrate, citric acid and ethylene glycol were used as precursor materials. Crystallization behavior of the precursor was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Nanoparticle phases can change amorphous to spinel ferrite depending on the calcination temperature and crystallite siz...

in this work, we developed a method which combined the processes of acid-leaching, ammonium jarosite precipitating and electro-depositing to recover copper and nickel from electroplating sludge. residual sludge from an electroplating plant located in qingdao was used for acid-leaching, and more than 95% of copper, nickel, zinc, chromium and iron were extracted from the sludge. after acid-leachi...

Palladium supported on nickel ferrite (Pd/NiF(2)O(4)) was found to be a highly active catalyst for the Suzuki coupling reaction between various aryl halides and arylboronic acids. The reaction gave excellent yields (70-98%) under ligand free conditions in a 1:1 DMF/H(2)O solvent mixture, in short reaction times (10-60 min). The catalyst could be recovered easily by applying an external magnetic...

In this work, a stable NiFe2O4 paraffin based ferrofluid was prepared via high energy milling. The rheological properties of ferrofluid were studied. Bingham plastic, HerschelBulkley and Casson models were used to evaluate the shear stress-shear rate dependency. The ferrofluid exhibited a shear thinning behaviour for all studied magnetic field. The magneto-viscous effect and thixotropy of...

Highly substituted 1,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole derivatives were synthesized by four-component reaction of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, ethyl acetoacetate and various phenylhydrazine, using nickel ferrite as a recyclable nanocatalyst by a grinding method under solvent-free and thermal conditions. The reaction has the advantages of good yields, less pollution, ease of separation of the...

MnZn ferrite (MnZnFe2O4, MZF) nanoparticles (NPs) represent an intriguing class of magnetic NPs in terms of composition-tunable magnetic properties, but the ability to control the size and morphology is essential to exploit such properties. This report describes the findings of an investigation of the size and morphology controllability in terms of growth kinetics of the NPs in a thermochemical...