Hybrid self-assembled materials constituted by ferromagnetic nanoparticles and tannic acid

Hybrid magnetite materials are interesting for both biomedical and catalytic applications due to their well-known biocompatibility, as well as their magnetic and electric properties. In this work we prepared Fe O nanoparticles (NPs) coated with tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, through two dif...

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Autores: Santos, Anderson F. M., Macedo, Lucyano J. A., Chaves, Mariana H., Espinoza Castañeda, Marisol, Merkoçi, Arben|||0000-0003-2486-8085, Lima, Francisco das Chagas A., Cantanhêde, Welter
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:211139
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/211139
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5935/0103-5053.20150322
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:Hybrid magnetite materials are interesting for both biomedical and catalytic applications due to their well-known biocompatibility, as well as their magnetic and electric properties. In this work we prepared Fe O nanoparticles (NPs) coated with tannic acid (TA), a natural polyphenol, through two different synthetic routes, aiming to understand the influence of TA in the synthesis step and contribute to the development of water-dispersible magnetic materials. The coating process was verified by information obtained from transmission electron microscopy (TEM), zeta-potential and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The incorporation of TA after Fe O NPs production generated spherical NPs smaller than 10 nm, suggesting that TA plays a fundamental role in the nucleation and organization of Fe O NPs. Data from both density functional theory (DFT) and FTIR allowed us to infer that Fe O interacts mainly with the carbonyl groups of TA. Hybrid materials having improved water-dispersibility are very attractive for biomedical applications.