title: Fe3O4 nanoparticles as robust photothermal agents for driving high barrier reactions under ambient conditions.
abstract: Magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) show remarkable stability during extreme photothermal heating (≥770 K), displaying no change in size, crystallinity, or surfactants. The heat produced is also shown as chemically useful, driving the high-barrier thermal decomposition of polypropylene carbonate. This suggests MNPs are better photothermal agents (compared to gold nanoparticles), for photothermally driving high-barrier chemical transformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. bul14@psu.edu.
authors.forename: Robert J G
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Kaitlin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lear