Nanotechnology

Researchers from Keio University detail new studies and findings in the area of chemistry

  2008 NOV 10 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the journal Chemistry Letters, "Nanosized epsilon-Fe2O3 crystals with a diameter below 20 nm were successfully prepared at 600 degrees C in a mesoporous Silica matrix."

  "The formation of the metastable iron oxide Occurred through nanoscale segregation in an immiscible SiO-Fe2O3 system having a mesoporous structure," wrote K. Mori and colleagues, Keio University.

  The researchers concluded: "The nanocrystals incorporated into ca. 50 nm-size particles of the mesoporous Silica exhibited a coercive field up to 8 kOe."

  Mori and colleagues published their study in Chemistry Letters (Formation of epsilon-Fe2O3 nanocrystals through segregation in mesoporous silica particles. Chemistry Letters, 2008;37(8):814-815).

  For additional information, contact H. Imai, Keio University, Faculty Science & Technology, Kohoku Ku, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2238522, Japan.

  The publisher's contact information for the journal Chemistry Letters is: Chemical Society Japan, 1-5 Kanda-Surugadai Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 101-8307, Japan.

  Keywords: Emerging Technologies, Nanocrystal, Nanoscale, Nanosize, Nanotech, NanotechnologyChemical Research, Keio University.

  This article was prepared by VerticalNews Nanotechnology editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2008, VerticalNews Nanotechnology via VerticalNews.com.