title: Stable monodisperse nanomagnetic colloidal suspensions: An overview.
abstract: Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) have emerged as highly desirable nanomaterials in the context of many research works, due to their extensive industrial applications. However, they are prone to agglomerate on account of the anisotropic dipolar attraction, and therefore misled the particular properties related to single-domain magnetic nanostructures. The surface modification of MNPs is quite challenging for many applications, as it involves surfactant-coating for steric stability, or surface modifications that results in repulsive electrostatic force. Hereby, we focus on the dispersion of MNPs and colloidal stability.
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), IPS Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Donya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramimoghadam
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), IPS Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address: samira_bagheri@um.edu.my.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bagheri
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), IPS Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Sharifah Bee
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Abd Hamid
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids; D008280:Magnetics; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids
keywords: Ferrofluids; Magnetic slurry; Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; Ultrastable colloidal suspensions