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Using Magnetometry to Monitor Cellular Incorporation and Subsequent Biodegradation of Chemically Synthetized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Published on: February 27, 2021
The influence of trace water concentration on iron oxide nanoparticle size
Janet E Macdonald1, Christopher J Brooks, Jonathan G C Veinot
1Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Abstract:
The size of iron oxide nanoparticles, prepared from the thermal decomposition of Fe(CO)(5) in a high boiling solvent in the presence of oleic acid, is affected by water concentration, giving particles from sizes of 5.6 nm to as low as 2.2 nm.

