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Facile fabrication of magnetite microtubes from electrospun fiber template

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2011

Ruiyu Wang ,
Dan Chen ,
Lulu Ren ,
Juan Guo  and
Tianxi Liu
Ruiyu Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Dan Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Lulu Ren
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Juan Guo
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
Tianxi Liu*
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: txliu@fudan.edu.cn
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Abstract

The preparation and characterization of Fe3O4 microtubes by a polymer-based template approach were described. Fe3O4 tubes with diameter of 600 ± 50 nm and an average tube thickness of about 50 nm were fabricated after removing the electrospun polystyrene fiber template. The microtubes were composed of individual Fe3O4 nanocrystals. The synthesis process was ambient, generalizable, inexpensive, and nontoxic. The magnetite tubes thus fabricated behave with a saturation magnetization of 37 emu/g measured in the vibrating sample magnetometer. The microtubes prepared in this way might find potential applications in catalysis, magnetic fluid, and biological field.

Keywords

FiberMagnetic propertiesPolymer
Type
Materials Communications
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 9 , 14 May 2011 , pp. 1072 - 1075
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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