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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Nanoscaled Iron Oxide / Silica Nanocomposite particles are produced in a pyrogenic process. The iron oxide crystallites are separated from each other and covered with a silica layer. Their size can easily be controlled by adjusting the process parameters. The amount of iron oxide can also be controlled within certain limits. Due to their size these isolated magnetic particles show a superparamagnetic behaviour. The saturation magnetisation measured depends almost linearly on the size of the iron oxide crystallites showing an increase in the magnetisation with increasing particle size. Due to the composite structure the iron oxide is chemically stable. Furthermore it shows a thermal stability which is unusual for the given oxides.