Chemical bonding assembly of multifunctional oxide nanocomposites

Evans, Gary, Duong, Giap V., Ingleson, Michael J., Xu, Zhongling, Jones, James T. A., Khimyak, Yaroslav Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-4128, Claridge, John B. and Rosseinsky, Matthew J. (2010) Chemical bonding assembly of multifunctional oxide nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials, 20 (2). pp. 231-238. ISSN 1616-3028

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Abstract

The synthesis, functionalization and assembly of metal oxide nanoparticles BaTiO3 and CoFe2O4 is presented. The ferroelectric (BaTiO3) and ferromagnetic (CoFe2O4) oxide nanoparticle surfaces are directly functionalized via the anchoring of phosphonic acid and aminosilane molecules that engender the nanoparticles with terminal carboxylic acid and amine functional groups, respectively. These promote the electrostatic self-assembly of the particles in non-polar solvents and permit the synthesis of more chemically robust assemblies linked by the covalent amide bond via the addition of the chemical coupling agent N-N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. This functionalization and assembly procedure is applied to two systems: the first comprised of 50?nm BaTiO3 and 10?nm CoFe2O4 particles and the second of 200?nm BaTiO3 and 12.5?nm CoFe2O4 particles. The latter composites possess magnetoelectric properties when processed into dense ceramics and, as a direct result of the assembly performed in solution, have a high degree of homogeneity between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases. The developed functionalization and assembly procedure is considered to be adaptable to the preparation of other hybrid oxide nanomaterials with different property combinations.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Materials (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Materials and Soft Matter
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2012 10:38
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2024 01:21
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36596
DOI:	10.1002/adfm.200901632

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