Table 3.

Syntheses of Fe₃O₄ nanocubes and their magnetic properties.

Edge (nm)	Precursor and Reagents	Solvent(s)	Size Control Factor	MS (emu/g)	HC (Oe)	Ref.
9.3, 13.4, 15.5, 22.1	Fe(oleate)3 Sodium oleate	Octadecene, diphenyl ether, n-tetracosane	Surfactant, Temperature	UN	SPM	[73]
6.5 15 30	Fe(acac)3 1,2-hexadecandiol Oleic acid, Oleylamine	Benzyl ether	Heat rate, Reaction time	39.5 80.5 83.0	SPM SPM 100 Oe	[49]
22 79 160	Fe(acac)3 Oleic acid	Benzyl ether	Concentration, Reaction time, Ligand	152 136 144 emu/g(Fe)	17 88 115	[50]
13 45 67 100 124 180	Fe(acac)3 Decanoic acid	Benzyl ether	Ramping rate	54.7 89.9 89.0 92.8 86.0 81.9	SPM ≈50 UN UN UN ≈50	[72]
12 19 25 38	Fe(acac)3 Decanoic acid	Benzyl ether	Degas temperature, Ramping rate	UN 80 UN UN	UN UN UN UN	[52]
14, 19, 24, 35	Fe(acac)3 Decanoic acid	Benzyl ether Squalene	Ramping rate, Solvent composition	64, 73, 75, 88	26, 28, 7, 23	[44]
22, 36, 57	Fe(acac)3 Mg(acetate)2 Sodium oleate Oleic acid	Benzyl ether	Sodium oleate	UN	UN	[58]
78, 87, 101, 130	Fe(acac)3 Oleic acid	Benzyl ether	Concentration, Reaction time	90, 95, 95, 80	139, 165, 177, 80	[42]
10–80	Fe(acac)3 Oleic acid Sodium oleate	Benzyl ether 1-octadene 1-tetradecene	Concentration, Degassing temperature, Ramping rate	84 (for 15.3 nm)	SPM (for 15.3 nm)	[74]
80	FeSO4·7H2O NaOH	H2O	None	85.8 emu/g	UN	[75]
26	Fe(acac)3 Trimethylamine N-oxide Mercaptoethanol β-amyrin	Benzyl ether	None	51.8	262	[71]

UN denotes unknown, as the information was not provided in the literature. SPM denotes superparamagnetic, H_C = M_R = 0. M_S and H_C at 300 K. Values in italics indicate that these data were estimated from figures provided in the references.