Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (9): 1717.

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Preparation and Structure of Fe3O4Nanoparticle-polystyrene Uniformly Dispersed System

ZHANG Yong-Hua1, CHEN Shou-Ming1, CHEN Jian-Hua1, XIONG Hong-Bing1, ZHANG Qi-Wei2, SHEN Hui3, GONG Ke-Cheng1   

  1. 1. Department of Polymer Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China;
    2. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sanming College, Sanming 365004, China;
    3. Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Guangzhou 510070, China
  • Received:2002-05-22 Online:2003-09-24 Published:2003-09-24

Abstract: The nano-particles of Fe3O4were prepared by a chemical co-precipitation method. Astable polymerizable magnetic fluid of nano-Fe3O4was obtained by dispersing oleic acid-coated Fe3O4nano-particles in styrene as a carrier liquid. Auniformly dispersed system of nano-particles of Fe3O4in polystyrene has been acquired by the free radical polymerization of polymerizable magnetic fluid. The crystallization behavior and the surface of Fe3O4nano-particles before and after the modification by oleic acid were investigated by WXRD and FTIR, respectively. The particle size and size dispersion of Fe3O4nano-particles in styrene and polystyrene were studied by TEM. The glass transition temperature (Tg) and the thermal stability of nano-Fe3O4/polystyrene dispersion system were also studied by means of DSC and TGA, respectively. The results indicate that the nano-Fe3O4is a cubic crystal, the particle size is 10 nm on an average, the oleic acid molecules are chemically adsorbed on the surface of Fe3O4nano-particles, the modified Fe3O4nano-particles are dispersed homogeneously in styrene and in polystyrene. The temperature at sharp weight loss of polystyrene containing only 1.8% Fe3O4nano-particles is 13 Khigher than polystyrene and its saturation magnetization is 17. 43 emu/g.

Key words: Chemical co-precipitation method, Fe3O4nano-particles, Polymerizable magnetic fluid, Polystyrene, Uniformly dispersed system

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