Green Synthesis of α-Fe2O (hematite) Nanoparticles using Tragacanth Gel
Subject Areas : Polymer
Saeid
Taghavi Fardood
1
(Department of Chemistry, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran)
Ali
Ramazani
2
(Department of Chemistry, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran)
Zahra
Golfar
3
(Department of Chemistry, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran)
Sang
Woo Joo
4
(School of Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea)
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Abstract :
α-Fe2O3 (hematite) nanoparticles were synthesized using tragacanth gel as biotemplate andiron chloride as the iron source by the sol-gel method. This method has many advantages suchas nontoxic, economic viability, ease to scale up, less time consuming and environmentalfriendly approach for the synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles without using any organicchemicals. Nanoparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR)spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The powder X-raydiffraction (XRD) analysis revealed the formation of Rhombohedral phase α-Fe2O3 withaverage particle size of 21 nm.