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Jinwoo Cheon*, Nam-Jung Kang, Sang-Min Lee, Jae-Hyun Lee, Ji-Hyun Yoon, and Sang Jun Oh
Shape Evolution of Single-Crystalline Iron Oxide Nanocrystals
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126 (7), 1950-1951
Date: Feb 1, 2004

Shape- and size-controlled synthesis of single-crystalline maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) nanocrystals are performed by utilizing a solution-based one-step thermolysis method. Modulating the growth parameters, such as the type and amount of capping ligands as well as the growth time, is shown to have a significant effect on the overall shape and size of the obtained nanocrystals and on the ripening process itself. The resulting shapes of the novel structures are diverse, including slightly faceted spheres, diamonds, prisms, and hexagons, all of which are in fact truncated dodecahedron structures with different degrees of truncation along the {111}, {110}, or {100} faces. Spherical nanocrystals are easily assembled into the three-dimensional superlattices, demonstrating the uniformity of these nanocrystals. The size-dependent magnetic properties are examined, and large hexagon-shaped γ-Fe2O3 nanocrystals are shown to be ferrimagnetic at room temperature.

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