Synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals by thermal decomposition of iron carboxylate salts

by W. W. Yu, J. C. Falkner, C. T. Yavuz, V. L. Colvin
Year: 2004 DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2004/CC/b409601k#!divAbstract

Abstract

Iron oxide (Fe3O4, magnetite) nanocrystals of 6 to 30 nm with narrow size distributions (s ~ 5–10%) were prepared by the pyrolysis of iron carboxylate salts.