Fluorescent brightener 28-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and fluorescent properties

Tirusew Tegafaw, Wenlong Xu, Md Wasi Ahmad, Miao Xu, Yongmin Chang, Kwon Seok Chae, Tae Jeong Kim, Gang Ho Lee

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Abstract

Nearly monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles (davg = 20 ± 1 nm) were synthesized in an aqueous phase under an argon flow, and then coated with fluorescent brightener (FB) 28. The Fe3O4 nanoparticles were superparamagnetic, with large saturation magnetizations of 54.1 emu/g at 5 K and 48.5 emu/g at 300 K. The FB-28-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles showed a strong fluorescence maximum (λmax) at 435 nm, and also gave strongly fluorescent confocal images in both the green and blue regions, because of the FB 28 coated on the nanoparticles. These magnetic and optical properties will be useful in various biomedical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10986-10990
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume16
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2016

Keywords

  • FeO nanoparticle
  • Fluorescent brightener 28
  • Nearly monodisperse
  • Superparamagnetic

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