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Reaction Pathways at the Iron–microspherical Silica Interface: Mechanistic Aspects of the Formation of Target Iron Oxide Phases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Sivarajan Ramesh ,
Israel Felner ,
Yuri Koltypin  and
Aharon Gedanken
Sivarajan Ramesh
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan-52900, Israel
Israel Felner
Affiliation:
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Yuri Koltypin
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan-52900, Israel
Aharon Gedanken*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan-52900, Israel
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: gedanken@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il
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Abstract

Oxidative hydrolysis of elemental iron nanoclusters on hydroxylated surfaces such as silica or alumina is known to be influenced by the degree of hydration of the surface. The understanding and control of this process is crucial in the synthesis of iron oxide coated silica microspheres with a desired magnetic property. The hydrolysis of iron nanoparticles followed by heat treatment in the case of a hydrated microspherical silica surface results in the formation of maghemite (γ–Fe2O3), whereas a dehydrated surface yielded hematite (α–Fe2O3) nanoparticles. The influence of adsorbed water on the formation of intermediate iron oxides/oxidehydroxides and the mechanistic aspects of their subsequent thermal dehydration iron oxide phases were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared, and Mössbauer spectroscopies. The reactions on both the hydrated and the dehydrated surfaces were found to proceed through the formation of an x-ray amorphous lepidocrocite [γ–FeO(OH)] intermediate and its subsequent dehydration to maghemite (γ–Fe2O3). Maghemite to hematite transformation was readily facilitated only on a dry silica surface. The retardation of the lepidocrocite →maghemite →hematite transformation in the case of a hydrated silica surface is suggested to arise from strong hydrogen-bonded interactions between the substrate silica and the adsorbed nanoparticles.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , April 2000 , pp. 944 - 950
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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