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Dispersion of Nanomaterials in Aqueous Media: Towards Protocol Optimization
Published on: December 25, 2017
Dispersions of magnetic nanoparticles in water/ionic liquid mixtures
T Fiuza1,2, M Sarkar1, J Riedl1
1PHENIX UMR CNRS 8234, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France. emmanuelle.dubois@sorbonne-universite.fr.
Abstract:
Nanoparticles (NPs) of iron oxide are dispersed in mixtures of water and ionic liquid, here ethylammonium nitrate (EAN), and the NP/NP and NP/solvent interactions are studied. They are analysed via small-angle X-ray scattering and dynamic light scattering coupled to forced Rayleigh scattering, from 22 °C to 80 °C. The NPs are well-dispersed as individual objects in the whole range of compositions and temperatures thanks to sufficient repulsion due to the organization of the solvents at the interface. The surface changes from hydrophilic to hydrophobic around a proportion of 50 vol% water : 50 vol% EAN, following the evolution of the bulk mixtures, which remain heterogeneous in the whole range of compositions.
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