A new co-casting method has been developed to synthesize novel mesostructured
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-Fe
2O
3/C compositeswith
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-Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles embedded in the wall of ordered mesoporous carbon materials. Fe
3+ ionswere captured by the framework of polyfurfuryl alcohol in the channel of mesoporous silica; during thecarbonization process, FeCl
3·6H
2O was decomposed and magnetic
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-Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles were formedand confined in the carbon framework. The
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-Fe
2O
3/C composite materials were characterized usingX-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen sorption, Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopytechniques; the magnetization strength was measured on a vibrating-sample magnetometer (VSM). Differentamounts of magnetic iron oxides could be introduced into the composites, which led to varied specificsaturation magnetizations. Near-zero coercivity and remanance indicate the superparamagnetic behaviorof the composites.