文摘
A template-assisted combustion-based method is developed to synthesize the ultrasmall (below 5 nm) 伪-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. The iron and ammonium nitrate are used as oxidizers, glycine as a 鈥渇uel鈥?and mesoporous silica (SBA-15) as a template. Because of the ultralow sizes and high crystallinity, the combustion-derived 伪-Fe2O3 nanoparticles exhibit superparamagnetism in the temperature range of 70鈥?00 K. The high specific surface area (132 m2/g) of 伪-Fe2O3 indicates the important role of surface magnetic spins resulting in remarkably high magnetization (21 emu/g) at 300 K.