Nano Express
Low-density nanoporous iron foams synthesized by sol-gel autocombustion
Author affiliations
1 National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
2 School of Physics and Electronic Electrical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, 223300, China
Citation and License
Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:129 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-129
Published: 14 February 2012Abstract
Nanoporous iron metal foams were synthesized by an improved sol-gel autocombustion method in this report. It has been confirmed to be pure phase iron by X-ray diffraction measurements. The nanoporous characteristics were illustrated through scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope images. Very low density and quite large saturation magnetization has been performed in the synthesized samples.
