Oleylamine as Both Reducing Agent and Stabilizer in a Facile Synthesis of Magnetite Nanoparticles

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Zhichuan J. Xu · Peking University

Chengmin Shen · Institute of Physics

Yanglong Hou · Brown University

Hong‐Jun Gao · Peking University

Shouheng Sun · Brown University

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Monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles are synthesized by a much simplified method of reductive decomposition of iron acetylacetonate in benzyl ether and oleylamine. The Fe3O4 nanoparticles are catalytically active for CVD growth of 1D boron nanowires.

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Published in: Chemistry of Materials

Volume 21, Issue 9, pp. 1778-1780

DOI: 10.1021/cm802978z

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Oleylamine as Both Reducing Agent and Stabilizer in a Facile Synthesis of Magnetite Nanoparticles

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