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Mohamed Abbas1, Sri RamuluTorati2, CheolGi Kim2
1Department of Emerging Materials Science, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea. cgkim@dgist.ac.kr mohamed@dgist.ac.kr and Ceramics Department, National Research Centre, 12622 El-Bohouth Str., Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract:
A novel and efficient chemical approach for the synthesis of Fe3O4/Au core/satellite nanocubes is reported. In a one-pot reaction, metallic Au nanodots were successfully deposited on the polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) functionalized Fe3O4 nanocube surface for the fabrication of a core/satellite structure (Fe3O4/Au) by the reduction of HAuCl4 using ammonia. Transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy mapping revealed that small Au nanodots of about 2 nm average size decorated the surface of Fe3O4 nanocubes. X-ray diffraction data was used to confirm the formation of both the phases of a cubic inverse spinel structure for Fe3O4 and a bcc structure for Au in the core/satellite structure of Fe3O4/Au nanocubes. The magnetic properties of the seed Fe3O4 nanocubes and Fe3O4/Au core/satellite nanocubes were measured by using a superconducting quantum interference device at 300 K. For biological application purposes, the as-synthesized Fe3O4/Au core/satellite nanocubes were functionalized by cysteamine followed by successful immobilization of streptavidin protein as confirmed through the fluorescence confocal microscopy images.
