Hydrothermal Synthesis of CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles and their Magnetic Properties

Abstract

CoFe2O4 (CFO) nanoparticles was synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method using NaOH solution as a mineralizer at 200 °C for 4 h. It was found that CFO particle sizes decreased firstly and then increased with the increasing of NaOH concentration, and had a minumum value about 10-20 nm when selected 4 mol/L NaOH solution, indicating the NaOH concentration played an important role in controlling the particle size of CFO powders. The room temperature magnetic measurements showed that the saturation magnetization value was 48 emu/g, which is less than the bulk value. The synthesis method is possible to be a general approach for the preparation of other spinel ferrite nanoparticles.