Nanowires
and nanorods of magnetite (Fe
3
O
4
) are of interest
due to their varied biological applications but
most importantly for their use as magnetic resonance imaging contrast
agents. One-dimensional (1D) structures of magnetite, however, are
more challenging to synthesize because the surface energy favors the
formation of isotropic structures. Synthetic protocols can be dichotomous,
producing either the 1D structure or the magnetite phase but not both.
Here, superparamagnetic Fe
3
O
4
nanorods were
prepared in solution by the reduction of iron oxy-hydroxide (β-FeOOH)
nanoneedles with hydrazine (N
2
H
4
). The amount
of hydrazine and the reaction time affected the phase and morphology
of the resulting iron oxide nanoparticles. One-dimensional nanostructures
of Fe
3
O
4
could be produced consistently from
various aspect ratios of β-FeOOH nanoneedles, although the length
of the template was not retained. Fe
3
O
4
nanorods
were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray powder
diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and SQUID magnetometry.
We report the first f‐block‐ruthenocenophane complexes 1 (Dy) and 2 (Tb) and provide a comparative discussion of their magnetic structure with respect to earlier reported ferrocenophane analogues. While axial elongation of the rare trigonal‐prismatic geometry stabilizes the magnetic ground state in the case of Dy3+ and results in a larger barrier to magnetization reversal (U), a decrease in U is observed for the case of Tb3+.
We report the first f‐block‐ruthenocenophane complexes 1 (Dy) and 2 (Tb) and provide a comparative discussion of their magnetic structure with respect to earlier reported ferrocenophane analogues. While axial elongation of the rare trigonal‐prismatic geometry stabilizes the magnetic ground state in the case of Dy3+ and results in a larger barrier to magnetization reversal (U), a decrease in U is observed for the case of Tb3+.
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