The European Physical Journal Applied Physics

Table of Contents - June 2012 - Volume 58, Issue 03  

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies

Magnetic field enhanced hydrophilicity of Fe-TiO2 nanostructures

F. Ostovaria1a2 and Y. Abdia1 c1

a1 Nano-Physics Research Laboratory, Department of physics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

a2 Department of physics, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

An oxygen plasma treatment was used to prepare Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles. The anatase and rutile phases of TiO2 nanoparticles were achieved by an atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition method. The nanostructures were doped by Fe atoms to obtain a ferromagnetic nanostructure based on TiO2 nanoparticles. Atomic force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy were used for morphological and magnetic investigation of as-prepared samples. Measurements have confirmed the induced magnetic moment of the structures. Magnetic field-induced wettability of the prepared nanostructures was investigated in dark and under UV and visible light. The results showed a considerable enhancement in the wettability of the structure by applying the magnetic field.

(Received November 02 2011)

(Revised May 19 2012)

(Accepted May 22 2012)

(Online publication July 05 2012)

Correspondence:

c1 e-mail: y.abdi@ut.ac.ir