• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.441-450
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• 1992

The microstructur and LPG sensing properties of maghemite (${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$) ceramics have been studied. The acicular and fine spherical shaped iron oxide particles were sintered at below $900^{\circ}C$. The maghemite ceramics were prepared by reduction-oxidation of sintered iron oxide. With the microstructure of acicular and/or fine grains, the maghemite ceramics have good LPG sensing properties. Increased sintering temperature deteriorates the LPG sensitivity of maghemite ceramics due to the grain growth. The maghemite ceramics prepared from the mixed iron oxide, of a large amount of acicular particles and a small amount of spherical ones, have a lower LPG sensitivity than that of the acicular iron oxide ceramics. But, they seem to be of higher mechanical strength. The optimum working temperature for LPG sensing of the maghemite ceramics was found to be $300~350^{\circ}C$.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.51 no.3
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• pp.403-406
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• 2013

This paper describes a simple route to synthesis of water-dispersible monodisperse maghemite (${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$) nanocrystals using 6-aminohexanoic acid (AHA) as a stabilizer. The water-dispersible ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$ nanocrystals with an average size of 5 nm were obtained simply by addition of $Fe(CO)_5$ into an octyl ether solution containing AHA at $195^{\circ}C$ under argon condition. As-prepared AHA coated ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$ nanocrystals exhibited highly crystallinity and magnetic property while keeping a good dispersity in an aqueous phase. We also obtained water-dispersible AHA coated ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$ nanocrystals using ligand-exchange method, demonstrating that AHA can be a good candidate for preparing water-dispersible uniform metal oxide nanocrystals.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.323-326
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• 2014

Superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles were prepared by chemical co-precipitation, followed by a temperate oxidation stage, and investigated using FE-SEM, XRD, TGA, VSM, and M$\ddot{o}$ssbauer spectroscopy. Through SEM image and XRD analysis, its average particle size was found to be 13.9 nm. While VSM magnetic measurement showed typical superparamagnetic behavior at room temperature, M$\ddot{o}$ssbauer spectroscopic investigation revealed that non-vanishing magnetic hyperfine structure were retained. Cation distribution estimated from M$\ddot{o}$ssbauer spectroscopy confirmed the formation of maghemite nanophase in the sample.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.35 no.10
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• pp.1113-1119
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• 1998

Crystal structure of needle-shaped maghemite(${\gamma}$-{{{{ { {Fe }_{2 }O }_{3 } }}) has been studied by the Rieveld analysis of powder X-ray diffraction patterns. The tetragonal space group P41,.3212 and cubic space group P41,.32 have been have been used for the refinement of X-ray diffraction patterns. The crystal system of maghemite is closed to tetragonal more than cubic. The tetragonal lattice parameters are a=8.3460$\AA$ and c=25.034$\AA$ The standard X-ray diffraction pattern of the tetragonal maghemite analyzed with space group P41,.3212 is proposed.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.87-93
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• 1985

The hematite the magetite and the maghemite thin film were prepared by oxidation and reductino of the vaccum-evaporated iron thin film. Interre;atoms between film preparation process and the electrical properties were investigated. At room temperature the electrical conductivity of the iron the hematite the magnetite and the maghemite thin film were $1{\times}10^4\Omega^{-1}cm^{-1}$, 2{\times}10^{-5}\Omega^{-1}cm^{-1}$, $3{\times}10^{-5}\Omega^{-1}cm^{-1}$, and $4{\times}10^{-5}\Omega^{-1}cm^{-1}$, resp-ectively. The surface of each thin film was dense and homogeneous. At the temperature that the iron thin film was converted into the hematite thin film the electrical conductivity decreased rapidly and the electrical con-ductivity of the hematite thin film increased as temperature increased. The hematite thin film was reduced to the magnetite thin film in H2 atmosphere. The electrical conductivity decreased rapidly at the temperature that the maghemite thin film is formed by oxidation of the magnetite thin film and the electrical conductivity of the maghemite thin film increased as temperature increased.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.1182-1189
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• 1998

Crystal structure and structural stability of needle-shaped maghemite(${\gamma}$-{{{{ { {Fe }_{2 }O }_{3 } }}) have been studied by the computation and estimation of lattice energies interionic distances and site potentials. The refined struc-tures analyzed with cubic system(space group P4332) and tetragonal system(space group P4332) were used for these computations. The lattice energy of tetragonal system is -143.10eV/molecule. The maghemite structure with tetragonal system is more stable than that with cubic system. The ordering energy of the FE and cation vacancy within the octahedral site the 4b site of the structure with cubic system(space group P4332) is -0.95eV/molecule but this Fe has larger interionic distance and is very unstable.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.24-31
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• 1995

Gas sensing element, $\alpha-Fe_2O_3$ was synthesized by dehydration, reduction, and oxidation of $\alpha-FeOOH$, which was synthesized with $FeSO_4\cdot 7H_2O$ and NaOH. They were produced as a bulk-type, a thick film-type. Then, their responses and mechanisms of response to the gas of carbon monoxide were studied. The qualities of gas sefising elements are decided by the structure and the relative surface area. In the process of $\alpha-FeOOH$ synthesis, the effects of reaction conditions as the equivalent ratio, on the structure and the relative surface area of gas sensing element were observed. The changes of the structure were measured with XRD, SEM,TG-DTA and BET. The resistance changes of the synthesized gas sensor in the air were measured. The response ratio were also measured for the changes of working temperature and gas concentration. As a result of analysis with XRD, it was confirmed that the the best conditions for the synthesis of $\alpha-FeOOH$ were equivalent ratio 0.65. The thick film-type element of $\gamma-Fe_2O_3$ responded more quickly than the bulk-type did. The structure and the relative surface area of the $\rho-FeOOH$ were confirmed as the important factors deciding gas response charcteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.105-111
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• 1981

The iron precipitates were prepared by adding sodium carbonate solution to ferrous chloride and ferric chloride solutions to pH=9 and pH=4.5, respectively. The thermal reaction of the iron precipitates was investigated by means of TGA, DTA and X-ray diffraction. In the former the crystallization of $\alpha$-$Fe_2O_3$ begins at about 35$0^{\circ}C$, while in the latter at about 30$0^{\circ}C$, during the calclnation in air. In the iron precipitate from ferrous chloride solution, the activation energy for the crystallite-growth or $\alpha$-TEX>$Fe_2O_3$ in air is about 7.6$\times$104J/mole between 800 and 100$0^{\circ}C$. As the result of X-ray diffration for the reduction product of hematite, it was found that maghemite, magnetite and wustite are formed and that hematite is transformed to magnetite through maghemite.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.4237-4240
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• 2016

Drugs processed using nanobiotechnology may be more biocompatible, with sustainable and stabilised release or action. L-asparaginase produced from fungi has many advantages for treatment of lymphocytic leukemia with lesser side effect. In the present work, maghemite nanobiocomposites of fungal asparaginase were produced using glutaraldehyde-pretreated colloidal magnetic nanoparticles. Formation of nanobiocomposites was observed using laser light scattering and confirmed by UV-visible spectrophotometry with the absorption peak at 497 nm. The specific asparaginase activity was increased from 320 U/mg with crude asparaginase to 481.5 U/mg. FTIR analysis confirmed that primary amines are the functional groups involved in binding of asparaginase on magnetic nanoparticles. The average size of the produced nanobiocomposite was found in the range of 30 nm to 40 nm using histogram analysis. The magnetic nanobiocomposite of asparaginase synthesised using glutaraldehyde showed 90.75% cytotoxicity against human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines. Hence it can be used as an active anticancer drug with an augmented level of bioavailability.

• Proceedings of the Korea Crystallographic Association Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.20-20
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• 2003

A new and simple method has been developed to synthesize highly crystalline and monodisperse maghemite (γ-Fe₂O₃) and zirconia (ZrO₂) nanocristallites. High temperature aging of metal-surfactant complex was founded to generate monodisperse nanoparticles, wherein the nuclei were prepared by the thermal decomposition of iron-oleate complex in case of iron oxide and nonhydrolytic sol-gel reaction in case of zirconia respectively. By varying the experimental conditions, in other words concentration of surfactants, kind of metal precursor, reaction temperature and so on, the diameter of spherical nanoparticles could be controlled at various size. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, and low- and high-resolution transmission electron microscope.