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Title: Cobalt ferrite nanoparticle intercalated carbon nanotubes for a nanomagnetic ultrasensitive sensor of Cr-VI in water

Journal Article · · AIP Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0011911 · OSTI ID:1635477
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  1. Morgan State Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
  3. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  4. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  5. Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA (United States)
  6. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)
  7. Army Research Lab., Adelphi, MD (United States)

Nanocomposites of cobalt ferrite (CFO) magnetic nanoparticles intercalated on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are evaluated as a nanomagnetic ultrasensitive sensor for the environmental toxin, hexavalent chromium (Cr-VI). Specifically, the structural and magnetic changes that accompany the infiltration of the CFO/CNTs by Cr-VI are presented. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) shows that the atomic spacing within the CFO structure changes in the presence of Cr, suggesting that the Cr is incorporated into the nanoparticles. Vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) reveals that CFO/CNTs composite infiltrated with Cr-VI have a 71% enhancement in saturation magnetization compared with the uninfiltrated CFO/CNTs, while small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) suggests that this magnetic enhancement is not associated with the nanoparticle lengthscales, but may arise from longer-ranged clusters. Both VSM and SANS clearly demonstrate that the Cr-doped CFO/CNTs are hysteretic with a net magnetization at remanence that is about 1/3 that of saturation, while this hysteresis is absent in the undoped CFO/CNTs. These magnetic differences at either remanence or saturation are promising for the magnetic detection of Cr-VI using CFO/CNTs sensors.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1635477
Report Number(s):
BNL-216096-2020-JAAM; TRN: US2202007
Journal Information:
AIP Advances, Vol. 10, Issue 6; ISSN 2158-3226
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 6 works
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