文摘
Metallic iron nanoparticles were synthesized within micron-sized mesoporous molecular sieves (with2.9-nm pores) and hollow silica microcapsules (pores of 2.7 and 15 nm) using several cycles of wetimpregnation under vacuum, followed by drying, oxidation, and reduction steps. For iron-loaded MCM-48, SQUID measurements revealed ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature with a magnetic momentas high as 3.40 emu/g (measured at 2 T) after four deposition cycles. Iron-loaded hollow silicamicrocapsules (250-nm wall thickness) showed a magnetic moment of 2.40 emu/g (at 2 T) after threedeposition cycles and a coercivity as low as 12.9 Oe.