title: Insight into the formation of magnetite mesocrystals from ferrous precursors in ethylene glycol.
abstract: Uniform magnetite mesocrystals were fabricated by solvothermal treatment of ferrous chloride in ethylene glycol in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The formation mechanism of magnetite mesocrystals in ethylene glycol was deduced by a time-dependent experiment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Functional and Biomedical Nanomaterials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China. wjiaq@qust.edu.cn kchen@qust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jiaqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Chongyu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ruiting
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Kezheng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D019855:Ethylene Glycol / Q000737:chemistry*; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; C029451:ferrous chloride; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide