Anisotropic Shaped Iron Oxide Nanostructures: Controlled Synthesis and Proton Relaxation Shortening Effects

Abstract

Controlled synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide (IO) nanostructures with diverse morphology remains a major challenge. In this work, IO nanostructures with various shapes and surface structures were synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron oleate (FeOL) in the presence of sodium oleate (NaOL). In a mild condition using 1octadecene (ODE) as solvent, NaOL may preferentially bind to Fe 3 O 4 {111} facets and lead to the formation of Fe 3 O 4 {111} facet exposed IO plates, truncated octahedrons, and tetrahedrons. While in a high-boiling temperature tri-noctylamine (TOA) solvent, we obtained Fe 3 O 4 {100} facet exposed IO cubes, concaves, multibranches, and assembled structures by varying the molar ratios of NaOL/FeOL. Moreover, we demonstrated that IO nanoparticles (NPs) with metalexposed surface structures have enhanced T 1 relaxation time shortening effects to protons, and IO NPs with anisotropic shapes are superior in protons T 2 relaxation shortening due to the larger effective radii compared to that of spherical IO NPs. This study can provide rational design considerations for the syntheses and applications of IO nanostructures for a broad community of material research fields.

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