Core/Shell Nanoparticles: Classes, Properties, Synthesis Mechanisms, Characterization, and Applications

Finally, we have addressed some relevant findings on the importance of having well-defined synthetic strategies developed for the generation of MNPs, with a focus on particle formation mechanism and recent modifications made on the preparation of monodisperse samples of relatively large quantities not only with similar physical features, but also with similar crystallochemical characteristics. Then, different methodologies for the functionalization of the prepared MNPs together with the characterization techniques are explained. Theorical views on the magnetism of nanoparticles are considered.

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Magnetic nanoparticles: preparation, physical properties, and applications in biomedicine

This chapter provides a brief overview of recent progress in the synthesis of silica-coated nanomaterials and their significant impact in different areas such as spectroscopy, magnetism, catalysis, and biology. The need to increase the topological complexity of colloid-based structures for the creation of designer materials with specific functionalities demands a better understanding of the relationships between material topology and material function. A number of reports have been devoted to silica coating of colloidal nanoparticles by aqueous classical methods such as Stober synthesis, use of silane coupling agents, and the sodium silicate water-glass methodology. Microemulsions are macroscopically homogeneous mixtures of water, organic solvent (oil), and surfactant, which on the microscopic level consist of heterogeneous domains of water and organic solvent separated by a surfactant monolayer. Various general approaches toward silica coating of inorganic nanoparticles within W/O microemulsions have been considered so far.

Recent Progress on Silica Coating of Nanoparticles and Related Nanomaterials

Fast-growing field of magnetically recyclable nanocatalysts.

Magnetic nanomaterials in catalysis: advanced catalysts for magnetic separation and beyond

Uniformly sized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles (magnetite@silica) are synthesized in a simple one-pot process using reverse micelles as nanoreactors. The core diameter of the magnetic nanoparticles is easily controlled by adjusting the w value ([polar solvent]/[surfactant]) in the reverse-micelle solution, and the thickness of the silica shell is easily controlled by varying the amount of tetraethyl orthosilicate added after the synthesis of the magnetite cores. Several grams of monodisperse magnetite@silica nanoparticles can be synthesized without going through any size-selection process. When crosslinked enzyme molecules form clusters on the surfaces of the magnetite@silica nanoparticles, the resulting hybrid composites are magnetically separable, highly active, and stable under harsh shaking conditions for more than 15 days. Conversely, covalently attached enzymes on the surface of the magnetite@silica nanoparticles are deactivated under the same conditions.

Simple Synthesis of Functionalized Superparamagnetic Magnetite/Silica Core/Shell Nanoparticles and their Application as Magnetically Separable High‐Performance Biocatalysts

Hwan Kim

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Simple Synthesis of Functionalized Superparamagnetic Magnetite/Silica Core/Shell Nanoparticles and their Application as Magnetically Separable High‐Performance Biocatalysts