Synthesis and characterisation of Fe(IO3)3 nanosized powder
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Fe(IO3)(3) powders have been produced by co-precipitation of iron nitrate and iodic acid in aqueous solution. X ray diffraction studies show that the crystal structure is satisfactorily described in space group P6(3); the cell parameters and the atomic positions have been ascertained by Rietveld refinements. The nanometric size of the Fe(IO3)(3) particles has been estimated from the full width at half maximum of the diffraction peaks and confirmed by atomic force microscopy observations. Although we find colour changes and small weight losses below 400 degrees C, the structure is found stable up to this temperature where it decomposes to form nanosized hematite alpha-Fe2O3 Powder. Finally, Fe(IO3)(3) nanopowder pellets exhibit second harmonic Generation of the fundamental wavelength of a Nd:YAG laser. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Temperature-dependent adsorption of surfactant molecules and associated crystallization kinetics of noncentrosymmetric Fe(IO3)3 nanorods in microemulsions
Aggregation-induced crystallization of iron iodate nanorods within organic-inorganic aggregates of primary amorphous precursors is probed by time-dependent hyper-Rayleigh scattering measurements in Triton X-100 based-microemulsions. In the context of a growing interest of noncentrosymmetric oxide nanomaterials in multi-photon bioimaging, we demonstrate by a combination of X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy that an increase in the synthesis of temperature results in faster crystallization kinetics and in a better shape-control of the final Fe(IO3)(3) nanorods. For initial microemulsions of fixed composition, room-temperature synthesis leads to bundles of 1-3 mu m long nanorods, whereas shorter individual nanorods are obtained when the temperature is increased. Results are interpreted in terms of kinetically unfavorable mesoscale transformations due to the strong binding interactions with Triton molecules. The interplay between the nanorod crystallization kinetics and their corresponding unit cell deformation, evidenced by lattice parameter refinements, is attributed to a temperature-dependent adsorption of surfactants molecules at the organic-inorganic interface. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.