The fluorescent dyes 4,4′-(1E,1′Е)-2,2′-(2-aminopyrimidin-4,6-diyl) bis(ethene-2,l-diyl) bis(N,N-dimethylphenylamine) (АРМ) and 4′-(1E,1′Е)-2,2′-(2-aminopyrimidin-4,6-diyl) bis(ethene-2,l-diyl) bis(N,N-diethylphenylamine) (APE) were incorporated into glutaraldehyde-crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol microspheres containing magnetite. Fluorescence spectra of the obtained microspheres depend on pH of the medium. A technique for pH measurement within the range of 4–9 based on calculation of the green/red ratio of the fragments of color microimages of the microspheres was developed. only negligible loss of the fluorochromes from the microspheres occured during the storage time of 180 days. Thus the microspheres may be used as local pH indicators, e. g. for phagocytosis studies.
Co0,65Zn0,35Fe2O4nanoparticles were produced by spray-drying in air in presence of NaCl from the solution of nitrates, as well as from the suspension of coprecipitated particles. The precursors obtained were annealed at 300–900 °C in the matrix of the inert component in order to increase the crystallinity degree without substantial increase of the nanoparticle size. Microstructure, morphology and magnetic properties of nanoparticles were studied by XRD, FT-IR spectroscopy, TEM / SEM and magnetometry. For the ferrites obtained from nitrate solutions partial oxidation of Co2+ions to Co3+occurs, which leads to the formation of two spinel phases, ferrite and cobaltite. With the increase of annealing temperature the content of cobaltite decreases and content of ferrite increases. No cobaltite formation was observed for annealing the spray-dried suspension. An increase in the temperature of the heat treatment leads to partial recrystallization of the particles and the ordering of the ferrite crystal structure, which causes an increase in the specific magnetization of the materials: from 32.8 emu/g (before annealing) to 91.3 emu/g (annealing at 900 ° C). The average diameter of nanoparticles after heat treatment does not exceed 100 nm.
Thermal treatment of ferrite magnetic nanoparticles in NaCl matrix gives an opportunity to increase their specific magnetization with preservation of nanoscale size. Composite materials based on mixed ferrites Co0.65Zn0.35Fe2O4 and Mg 0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 were synthesized by spray-drying of aqueous suspensions in presence of NaCl and annealed at 300 –900 °C. The microstructure and phase composition of nanoparticles before and after annealing were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), X-ray diffraction analysis and IR spectroscopy. The magnetic properties of nanoparticles were estimated using a ponderomotive method of measuring the specific magneti zation at room temperature in a magnetic field with an induction of 0.86 T. The increase of the annealing temperature up to 900 °C was established to lead to the increase in the specific magnetization of ferrites – from 32.79 to 91.3 emu/g (Co0.65Zn0.35Fe2O4) and from 2.76 to 22.31 emu/g (Mg 0.5 Zn 0.5Fe2O4) due to recrystallization processes and increase of crystallinity degree of the ferrites. Due to the NaCl insulating layer, the particle size increases just slightly (from ~ 10 nm before annealing to ~ 60 nm after annealing at 900 °C). This method is effective for substantial increase in specific magnetization of ferrite nanoparticles with preservation of their nanoscale size.
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