Journal of Lanzhou University of Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (5): 27-33.

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Functionalization of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles using RAFT reagent

CHEN Zhen-bin1,2, ZHOU Yong-shan1,2, ZHANG Xia-yun1,2   

  1. 1. College of Materials Science and Engineering,Lanzhou Univ. of Tech, Lanzhou 730050, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals, Lanzhou Univ. of Tech., Lanzhou 730050, China
  • Received:2020-03-03 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-11-06

Abstract: Ferric oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) were prepared in this study by reverse microemulsion method, and modified by silane coupling agent KH570 so as to introduce cellulc double bond on the surface of Fe3O4 NPs, and then react with 2-cyanopropan-2-propanyl dodecyl trithiocarbonate to obtain RAFT reacted Fe3O4 NPs (Fe3O4-g-KH570-RAFT NPs)). The structure and morphology of Fe3O4 NPs products at different stages were also characterized. Effects of reaction time and other process conditions on GrRAFT were investigated quantitatively in the study by taking the grafting rate of RAFT reagent (GrRAFT) as an index. The results show that the average particle size of the prepared Fe3O4-g-KH570-RAFT NPs is about 10.4 nm. When the reaction time takes 14 h, the reaction temperature is 65 ℃, and nKH570/nRAFT becomes 1/2, the highest grafting rate GrRAFT may reach up to 79.34%.

Key words: Fe3O4 NPs, RAFT agent, surface modification, grafting

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