a b s t r a c tIron oxide nanoparticles, probably magnetite, as-prepared and dispersed in Copaiba oil were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy using two different spectrometers: with a low velocity resolution (512 channels) for measurements at 295 and 21 K and with a high velocity resolution (4096 channels) for measurements at 295 and 90 K. The fitting of all measured spectra demonstrated that usual models applied to fit Möss-bauer spectra of magnetite and maghemite particles were not suitable. Therefore, the recorded spectra were fitted using a large number of spectral components on the basis of better quality of the fit and linearity of differential spectra. The number of components obtained for the better fit appeared to be different for spectra measured with a low and a high velocity resolution. However, these results demonstrated differences of Mössbauer parameters for iron oxide nanoparticles as-prepared and dispersed in Copaiba oil at applied temperatures. The effect of Copaiba oil molecules on Mössbauer parameters may be a result of the interactions of polar molecules such as kaurinic acid with nanoparticles' surface.

Comparative study of nanosized magnetite and magnetite suspended in Copaiba oil (biocompatible magnetic fluid) was made using Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution (spectra were measured in 4096 channels). The better fit of room temperature spectra was done using 15 sextets and 1 doublet employing different parameters while spectra measured at 90 K were better fitted using 15 sextets with different parameters. These component numbers were related to multi-domain structure and non-stoichiometry of magnetite. Observed differences of magnetic hyperfine fields and relative areas of spectral components for nanosized Fe 3 O 4 and Fe 3 O 4 suspended in Copaiba oil may be related to the effect of surface interactions of Fe 3 O 4 and polar molecules of Copaiba oil.

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The chemical co-precipitation process was used to synthesize (in situ) spherical iron-oxide nanoparticle in sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene polymeric template. X-ray diffraction technique supports the magnetite phase formation with a mean particle diameter of about 19 nm. The analysis of Mössbauer spectra is consistent with two magnetic splitting patterns assigned to A-and B-iron sites of magnetite, with no visible magnetic relaxation effect even at 297 K. Considering the different experimental time window between Mössbauer spectroscopy and DC magnetization, the results obtained from both techniques are in very good agreement. Magnetic data suggest hosting magnetite nanoparticles interacting antiferromagnetically.

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