title: Direct aerosol synthesis of carboxy-functionalized iron oxide colloids displaying reversible magnetic behavior.
abstract: A simple and rapid synthetic strategy for fabricating carboxy-functionalized iron oxide colloidal particles displaying reversible magnetic behavior is reported. The method is based on the pyrolysis of aerosols generated from ethanol/water solutions containing iron inorganic salts and mono- or polysaccharides. Essential to the success of the method are the use of hybrid (organo-inorganic) aerosols and the temperature of pyrolysis. The resulting material could be used in advanced biotechnological applications such as the magnetically assisted chemical separation of biocompounds.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. ptartaj@icmm.csic.es
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tartaj
authors.forename: Teresita
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Carreño
authors.forename: Aldo F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Rebolledo
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bomatí-Miguel
authors.forename: Carlos J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Serna