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. 2018 Jun 22;8(41):22917–22923. doi: 10.1039/c8ra02909a

Synthesis conditions to prepare Fe3O4 MNPs with various morphologies.

Morphologies of product Sphere (S) Cube (C) Transformation undergoing Transformation undergoing Octahedron (O)
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Iron precursor FeCl3·6H2O FeSO4·7H2O FeSO4·7H2O FeSO4·7H2O FeSO4·7H2O
NH4Ac 1 M
KOH quantity (mol L−1) 0.5 M 1 M 1.5 M 5 M
Solvent EG EG EG EG EG
Size 216.6 nm 158.5 nm 160 nm 581.2 nm 4.9 μm