title: Fe(3)O(4)@Au/polyaniline multifunctional nanocomposites: their preparation and optical, electrical and magnetic properties.
abstract: Fe(3)O(4)@Au/polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposites were fabricated by in situ polymerization in the presence of mercaptocarboxylic acid. The mercaptocarboxylic acid was used to introduce hydrogen bonding and/or electrostatic interaction; it acts as a template in the formation of Fe(3)O(4)@Au/PANI nanorods. The morphology and structure of the resulting nanocomposites were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and x-ray energy dispersion spectroscopy (EDS). It was found that the nanocomposites were rod-like with an average diameter of 153 nm, and they exhibited a core-shell structure. A UV-visible spectrometer, semiconductor parameter analyzer and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) were used to characterize the optical, electrical and magnetic properties of the Fe(3)O(4)@Au/PANI nanocomposites. It was interesting to find that these properties are dependent on the molar ratio of Au to Fe(3)O(4) when the molar ratio of Fe(3)O(4)@Au to PANI is fixed. The magnetic property of the Fe(3)O(4)@Au/PANI nanocomposite is very close to superparamagnetic behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Silicon Materials, Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China. Jiaxing University, Jiaxing Zhejiang 314001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Qiaozhen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Minmin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yunan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Mang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Zheng
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Chen