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Preparation and characterization of functional silica hybrid magnetic nanoparticles

Digigow, Reinaldo G. ; Dechézelles, Jean-François ; Dietsch, Hervé ; Geissbühler, Isabelle ; Vanhecke, Dimitri ; Geers, Christoph ; Hirt, Ann M. ; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara ; Petri-Fink, Alke

In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2014, vol. 362, p. 72–79

We report on the synthesis and characterization of functional silica hybrid magnetic nanoparticles (SHMNPs). The co-condensation of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) in presence of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) leads to hybrid magnetic silica particles that are surface-functionalized with primary amino groups. In this work, a...

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Amino covalent binding approach on iron oxide nanoparticle surface: toward biological applications

Griffete, Nébéwia ; Clift, Martin J.D. ; Lamouri, Aazdine ; Digigow, Reinaldo G. ; Mihut, Adriana M. ; Fink, Alke ; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara ; Dietsch, Hervé

In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2012, p. -

We report on the synthesis and the surface modification of different types of magnetic iron oxide particles by developing an original process based on diazonium salts chemistry. Particles were first coated with amino groups and then subjected to polyethylene glycol (PEG) surface modification. They were subsequently characterized by Transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy,...

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Magnetic properties of silica coated spindle-type hematite particles

Reufer, Mathias ; Dietsch, Hervé ; Gasser, Urs ; Grobéty, Bernard ; Hirt, A. M. ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Schurtenberger, Peter

In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2011, vol. 23, no. 6, p. 065102

Magnetic properties of particles are generally determined from randomly oriented ensembles and the influence of the particle orientation on the magnetic response is neglected. Here, we report on the magnetic characterization of anisotropic spindle- type hematite particles. The easy axis of magnetization is within the basal plane of hematite, which is oriented perpendicular to the spindle axis....

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Structure−properties relationship in proton conductive sulfonated polystyrene−polymethyl methacrylate block copolymers (sPS−PMMA)

Rubatat, Laurent ; Li, Chaoxu ; Dietsch, Hervé ; Nykänen, Antti ; Ruokolainen, Janne ; Mezzenga, Raffaele

In: Macromolecules, 2009, vol. 41, no. 21, p. 8130–8137

We report on the dependence of proton conductivity on the morphologies of sulfonated polystyrene−poly(methyl methacrylate) (sPS−PMMA) diblock copolymers. Three different diblock copolymers of varying molecular weight and block volume fraction were studied, and for each one several sulfonation degrees of the PS block were considered. The investigation of the morphologies of the...