Controlling the magnetic properties of polymer–iron oxide nanoparticle composite thin films via spatial particle orientation

Koo, Jaseung; Kim, Hyeri; Kim, Ki Yeon; Jang, Young Rae; Lee, Jeong Soo; Yoon, Sung Won; Suh, B. J.; Yu, Taekyung; Bang, Joona; Yoon, Kyung Hoon; Yuan, Guangcui; Satija, Sushil K.

doi:10.1039/c6ra10026k

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“…The production of such nanoparticles thus opens the way to various applications such as: (i) the fundamental study of the magnetic properties of the various assemblies of these magnetic ENPs. There is still intensive research to be done on the control of the magnetic properties of magnetic films, either comprised of nanocomposites or not [ 37 ], via the spatial ENP orientation [ 28 , 38 ] to be combined with polymer processing [ 39 – 40 ].…”

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Methods for preparing polymer-decorated single exchange-biased magnetic nanoparticles for application in flexible polymer-based films

Ourry¹,

Toulemon²,

Ammar³

et al. 2017

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.

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Background: Magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) must not only be well-defined in composition, shape and size to exhibit the desired properties (e.g., exchange-bias for thermal stability of the magnetization) but also judiciously functionalized to ensure their stability in air and their compatibility with a polymer matrix, in order to avoid aggregation which may seriously affect their physical properties. Dipolar interactions between NPs too close to each other favour a collective magnetic glass state with lower magnetization and coercivity because of inhomogeneous and frustrated macrospin cluster freezing. Consequently, tailoring chemically (through surface functionalization) and magnetically stable NPs for technological applications is of primary importance. Results: In this work, well-characterized exchange-biased perfectly epitaxial CoxFe3− xO4@CoO core@shell NPs, which were isotropic in shape and of about 10 nm in diameter, were decorated by two different polymers, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) or polystyrene (PS), using radical-controlled polymerization under various processing conditions. We compared the influence of the synthesis parameters on the structural and microstructural properties of the resulting hybrid systems, with special emphasis on significantly reducing their mutual magnetic attraction. For this, we followed two routes: the first one consists of the direct grafting of bromopropionyl ester groups at the surface of the NPs, which were previously recovered and redispersed in a suitable solvent. The second route deals with an “all in solution” process, based on the decoration of NPs by oleic acid followed by ligand exchange with the desired bromopropionyl ester groups. We then built various assemblies of NPs directly on a substrate or suspended in PMMA. Conclusion: The alternative two-step strategy leads to better dispersed polymer-decorated magnetic particles, and the resulting nanohybrids can be considered as valuable building blocks for flexible, magnetic polymer-based devices.

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