Synthesis and characterization of carbon coated nanoparticles produced by a continuous low-pressure plasma process
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Core–shell nanoparticles coated with carbon have been synthesized in a single chamber using a continuous and entirely low-pressure plasma-based process. Nanoparticles are formed in an argon plasma using iron pentacarbonyl Fe(CO)5 as a precursor. These particles are trapped in a pure argon plasma by shutting off the precursor and then coated with carbon by passing acetylene along with argon as the main background gas. Characterization of the particles was carried out using TEM for morphology, XPS for elemental composition and PPMS for magnetic properties. Iron nanoparticles obtained were a mixture of FeO and Fe3O4. TEM analysis shows an average size of 7–14 nm for uncoated particles and 15–24 nm for coated particles. The effect of the carbon coating on magnetic properties of the nanoparticles is studied in detail.
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research · nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
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