Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1): 30-33.

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Preparation of PMAA-coated Dysprosium Ferrite Ferrofluids and Study on the Superparamagnetism

ZHU Chuan-zheng, SHEN Qin, HU Xian-luo, ZHANG Jie, ZHAO Hong   

  1. Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
  • Received:2000-10-10 Online:2002-01-24 Published:2011-08-04
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.29773014).

Abstract: The present paper covers the unprecedented preparation of stable aqueous Dy-ferrite ferrofluids, whereby colloidal DyδFe3-δO4 ultrafine particles were dispersed by using polymeric surfactant PMAA. The stabilities of the series of the ferrofluids were studied according to the stability indexes. The susceptibility measurements were made with a Farady-type magnetic balance at various temperatures and magnetic field intensities. In terms of Langevin function, the σ versus H/T curves showed that Dy-ferrite ferrofluids exhibited superparamagnetism behavior and the blocking temperatures were in the range from 160 to 200 K. Moreover, the ferrofluids were characterized by means of Infra-red spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Mössbauer spectroscopy.

Key words: Dy-ferrite ferrofluid, Susceptibility, Superparamagnetism, Stability, PMAA