In-situ synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles on cotton fabrics – structural and magnetic properties

Abstract

In this research, the magnetic fabric was fabricated using in situ synthesizing of Iron oxide nanoparticles. To have cotton fabrics covered by magnetic nanoparticles, prepared Iron Oxide nanoparticles were deposited on it using an in situ method with 3 different concentrations of precursors while other factors such as pH, temperature, NaOH concentration, reaction container volume, and the chemical reaction time remained constant. FeCl3 and FeSO47H2O were used as precursors. The results confirmed that magnetite nanoparticles with cubic structure, spherical shape and uniform distribution were deposited on the surface of cotton fabrics. The vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) results revealed that the cotton fabric was covered by superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles.