Progress of preparation and application of magnetic Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> nanoparticles

Abstract As a kind of commonly used magnetic nanoparticles, Fe₃O₄ particles possess stable chemical properties, high catalytic activity, good magnetic response and biocompatibility, and their particle size can be reduced to a few nanometers by changing the reaction conditions, thus they are widely used in high magnetic recording materials, adsorbents, biosensors, magnetic resonance imaging and other fields. In this paper, on the basis of reviewing the preparation methods of magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles, including solid phase method, chemical coprecipitation method, hydrothermal method, microemulsion method and sol-gel method, etc., their applications in the fields of the environmental governance, biomedical, and functional material preparation are summarized, and their research and application of the future direction are also prospected.

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	JIA Yuan
	MA Huan
	YANG Juxiang
	LIU Zhen

Keywords： magnetic nanoparticles ferric oxide co-precipitation method hydrothermal method

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JIA Yuan, MA Huan, YANG Juxiang, LIU Zhen.Progress of preparation and application of magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2023,V40(5): 8-18

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