Facile methods for synthesis of core-shell structured and heterostructured Fe 3 O 4 @Au nanocomposites

  • Lei Lou
  • , Ke Yu*
  • , Zhengli Zhang
  • , Rong Huang
  • , Yiting Wang
  • , Ziqiang Zhu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two different reaction strategies designed for core-shell structured and heterostructured Fe 3 O 4 @Au nanocomposites utilizing 50 nm polyethyleneimine coated magnetite as seeds are presented aiming at diverse applications. The polyethylenimine (PEI) coated Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles were firstly used as seeds to carry out the synthesis of both core-shell structured and heterostructured Fe 3 O 4 @Au nanocomposites. Results show that these two structures combined the merits of both gold and Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles. What is more, the distinct morphology offers diverse applications: the shell of dense gold nanoparticles coating in the core-shell structure dominates the further surface functionalization while the heterostructure offers the particles with two distinct surfaces and functionalities due to different surfactant molecules on the surface of Fe 3 O 4 and Au nanoparticles. Furthermore, the synthesis methods presented in this paper also suggested new ways to the synthesis of multifunctional nanostructures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8521-8526
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume258
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2012

Keywords

  • Gold
  • Magnetic properties
  • Nanocomposites
  • Polyethyleneimine

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