Review Article
Perspective of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Role in Biomedical Applications
Table 4
The comparison of key properties of different synthetic methods [
61–
63].
| Synthetic method | Synthesis | Reaction temp. (°C) | Reaction time | Solvent | Surface-capping agents | Size distribution | Shape control | Yield |
| Coprecipitation | Very simple | 20–90 | Minutes | Water | During/after reaction | Relatively narrow | Not good | High | Microemulsion | Complicated | 20–50 | Hours | Organic agents | During reaction | Relatively narrow | Good | Low | Thermal decomposition | Complicated | 100–320 | Hours-days | Organic agents | During reaction | Very narrow | Very good | High | Hydrothermal | Simple | 200–250 | Hours-days | Water-ethanol | During reaction | Very narrow | Very good | Medium |
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