Optical and Magnetic Studies of Fe3O4/Au Core/Shell Nanocomposites

Abstract

In this paper, we report the synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoparticles which are resistant to surface poisoning, has been adopted. Fe3O4 nanoparticles have been successfully coated with Au in the form of a shell with different sizes (Fe3O4/Au Core/Shell). Adjustment of the components’ ratio makes the shell thickness of the core/shell particles tunable. Thus, the presented route yields well-defined core/shell structures of different sizes in the range 15–57[Formula: see text]nm with varying the proportion of Au noble metal to Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The UV-Visible absorption spectra, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) were applied for the characterization of the formed core/shell structures. Moreover, magnetic properties of the core/shell nanocomposites were also studied using Vibrating Sample Magnetometry (VSM).