Munasir, A.S. Dewanto, D.H. Kusumawati, N.P. Putri, A. Yulianingsih, I.K.F. Sa'Adah, A. Taufiq, N. Hidayat, S. Sunaryono, Z.A.I. Supardi
This article reports the results synthesis of crystalline (Fe3O4@c-SiO2) and amorphous (Fe3O4@a-SiO2) nanoparticles from natural resources (iron sand and silica sand). The synthesis of Fe3O4 and SiO2 nanoparticles used co-precipitation and hydrothermal-coprecipitation methods with polyethylene glycol (PEG) 4000 as a template. The XRD data analysis presented that the amorphous SiO2 particles were successfully produced using hydrothermal and co-precipitation methods. The XRD data analysis also presented that the crystalline phases were formed in quartz and tridymite phases after calcination process of the amorphous phase. SEM images exhibited that the amorphous phase had different particle size and morphology from the crystalline phase. FTIR spectra presented some absorption peaks of new functional groups indicating the existence of Si-O-Si (silanol), Fe-O, C-N, and Fe-O-Si as new functional groups. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Jl. Ketintang, Surabaya, 60231, Indonesia; Research Center for Advanced Materials, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Jl. Ketintang, Surabaya, 60231, Indonesia; Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang 5, Malang, 64145, Indonesia
