title: Ellipsoid-shaped superparamagnetic nanoclusters through emulsion electrospinning.
abstract: Ellipsoid-shaped nanoclusters composed of single superparamagnetic nanoparticles can be generated by emulsion electrospinning. Stretching and subsequent solvent evaporation of iron oxide loaded emulsion droplets during the emulsion electrospinning process enables the creation of such structures embedded in polymer nanofibers. Dissolution of the polymer fibers yields an aqueous dispersion of the inorganic clusters which are the first example of ellipsoid-shaped superparamagnetic nanoclusters with a high saturation magnetization (∼47 emu g(-1)).
authors: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Protection and Physiology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland. markus.bannwarth@empa.ch luciano.boesel@empa.ch.
authors: Markus B
authors: MB
authors: Bannwarth
authors: Agathe
authors: A
authors: Camerlo
authors: Sebastian
authors: S
authors: Ulrich
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Jakob
authors: Giuseppino
authors: G
authors: Fortunato
authors: René M
authors: RM
authors: Rossi
authors: Luciano F
authors: LF
authors: Boesel
mesh_terms: D004655:Emulsions; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D060328:Magnetic Phenomena; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D017348:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009795:Octanes / Q000737:chemistry; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D009795:Octanes; C000499:ferric oxide; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; C026728:octane