Synthesis and Characteristic of NiFe/NiFe2O4 Core-Shell Magnetic Nanocomposite Particles
NiFe/NiFe2O4 core-shell bimagnetic nanocomposite particles were successfully synthesized by colloidal chemical method combined with H2 reduction. The whole structural evolution process has been well studied through analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns and Infrared spectra. It has been found that FeNi alloy concentrated in the ferrite phase. The core/shell structure, a FeNi alloy core surrounded by NiFe2O4 spinel oxide shell were verified by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The influence of post H2 heat treatment temperature on nanoparticles was investigated. The core-shell NiFe/ NiFe2O4 nanoparticles was about 100 nm after reduced at 727 K, The powders exhibited paramagnetic properties and the magnetization was 29.9 emu·g-1.