Hydrothermal synthesis, magnetic and electromagnetic properties of hexagonal Fe3O4 microplates

Fei Xiang Ma, Xue Yin Sun, Kai He, Jian Tang Jiang, Liang Zhen, Cheng Yan Xu*

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Abstract

Magnetite (Fe3O4), with an inverse spinel structure, grows naturally in octahedral shape with eight equivalent {111} crystallographic planes. Here we demonstrated the successful morphology tuning of Fe 3O4 microcrystal from the dominant octahedral shape to planar microplate shape by a facile hydrothermal method. The top and bottom surfaces of Fe3O4 microplates obtained under strongly alkaline and reductive conditions were bounded by {111} facets, and the formation of {111} twin planes was thought to be accountable for the anisotropic morphologies. The obtained Fe3O4 microplates delivered saturation magnetization (Ms) of 96.6 emu/g and coercivity (H c) of 50 Oe. We also measured the electromagnetic properties of Fe3O4 microplates for possible applications as filler for electromagnetic wave absorption coatings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)161-165
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume361
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

Funding

This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. HIT.BRETIII.201203 ). K.H. was supported by Ellen Williams Fellowship , and also thanks the use of facilities at NispLab of the Maryland NanoCenter. F.X.M. thanks Zeng-Quan Wang for electromagnetic properties measurement.

Keywords

  • 2D material
  • Electromagnetic property
  • Hydrothermal synthesis
  • Magnetite

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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