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Green Synthesis of Co-Zn Spinel Ferrite Nanoparticles: Magnetic and Intrinsic Antimicrobial Properties
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Omelyanchik, Alexander Levada, Kateryna Pshenichnikov, Stanislav Abdolrahim, Maryam Baricic, Miran Kapitunova, Anastasiya Galieva, Alima Sukhikh, Stanislav Astakhova, Lidiia Antipov, Sergey Fabiano, Bruno Peddis, Davide Rodionova, Valeria |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Spinel ferrite magnetic nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention because of their high and flexible magnetic properties and biocompatibility. In this work, a set of magnetic nanoparticles of cobalt ferrite doped with zinc was synthesized via the eco-friendly sol-gel auto-combustion method. Obtained particles displayed a room-temperature ferromagnetic behavior with tuned by chemical composition values of saturation magnetization and coercivity. The maximal values of saturation magnetization ~74 Am2/kg were found in cobalt ferrite nanoparticles with a 15–35% molar fraction of cobalt replaced by zinc ions. At the same time, the coercivity exhibited a gradually diminishing trend from ~140 to ~5 mT whereas the concentration of zinc was increased from 0 to 100%. Consequently, nanoparticles produced by the proposed method possess highly adjustable magnetic properties to satisfy the requirement of a wide range of possible applications. Further prepared nanoparticles were tested with bacterial culture to display the influence of chemical composition and magnetic structure on nanoparticles-bacterial cell interaction. |
| Starting Page | 5014 |
| e-ISSN | 19961944 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ma13215014 |
| Journal | Materials |
| Issue Number | 21 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-06 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Materials Ceramics Magnetic Nanoparticles Cobalt Ferrite Zinc Ferrite Magnetic Properties Antimicrobial |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |