We report on the stabilization of nanoparticle-decorated microbubbles for long periods of time using a synergism between a soluble surfactant and nanoparticles. The soluble surfactant is the perfluoroalkyl phosphate C8F17(CH2)2OP(O)(OH)2 (labeled F8H2Phos) and the nanoparticles (NPs) are 20-25 nm cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4). The NP-F8H2Phos system has been studied by dynamic light scattering, dyna...

superparamagnetic single phase zinc ferrite nanoparticles have been prepared by coprecipitation method at 20 °c without any subsequent calcination. the composition, crystallite size, microstructure and magnetic properties of the prepared nanoparticles were investigated using x-ray diffraction (xrd), field emission scanning electron microscope (fesem), transmission electron microscope (tem), fou...

A. Lisfi,1,* C. M. Williams,1 L. T. Nguyen,2 J. C. Lodder,2 A. Coleman,1 H. Corcoran,1 A. Johnson,1 P. Chang,1 A. Kumar,1 and W. Morgan1 1Department of Physics, Morgan State University, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, USA 2SMI, MESA Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Received 27 March 2007; revised manuscript ...

Cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) has been synthesized by a solid-state mechanothermal process, and its molar heat capacity has been determined. A stoichiometric mixture of CoC2O4 · 2H2O and FeC2O4 · 2H2O was subjected to a combination of mechanical activation (by high-energy milling) and thermal activation (by annealing at temperatures between 300 and 700 ◦C). The process was followed by thermogravimet...

the aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of ph on the synthesis of nanocrystallines cobalt ferrite by combination of sol- gel auto combustion and ultrasonic irradiation methods. two different fuels, urea and thiourea, along with metal nitrates (oxidant) were used to prepare cofe2o4 powders. the morphology of the resulting powders was investigated. the powders were characterized by x-r...

Perpendicular magnetization and precise control over the magnetic easy axis in magnetic thin film is necessary for a variety of applications, particularly in magnetic recording media. A strong (111) orientation is successfully achieved in the CoFe2O4 (CFO) thin film at relatively low substrate temperature of 100 °C, whereas the (311)-preferred randomly oriented CFO is prepared at room temperatu...

cobalt ferrite is an important magnetic material due to their large magneto-crystalline anisotropy, high cohercivity, moderate saturation magnetization and chemical stability.in this study, cobalt ferrites nanoparticles have been synthesized by the co-precipitation method and a new microemulsion route. we examined the cation occupancy in the spinel structure based on the “rietveld with energies...