PMID- 31614767 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 20 DP - 2019 Oct 12 TI - Morphology of Composite Fe@Au Submicron Particles, Produced with Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis and Potential for Synthesis of Fe@Au Core-Shell Particles. LID - 10.3390/ma12203326 [doi] LID - 3326 AB - Iron core-gold shell (Fe@Au) nanoparticles are prominent for their magnetic and optical properties, which are especially beneficial for biomedical uses. Some experiments were carried out to produce Fe@Au particles with a one-step synthesis method, Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis (USP), which is able to produce the particles in a continuous process. The Fe@Au particles were produced with USP from a precursor solution with dissolved Iron (III) chloride and Gold (III) chloride, with Fe/Au concentration ratios ranging from 0.1 to 4. The resulting products are larger Fe oxide particles (mostly maghemite Fe(2)O(3)), with mean sizes of about 260-390 nm, decorated with Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) with mean sizes of around 24-67 nm. The Fe oxide core particles are mostly spherical in all of the experiments, while the AuNPs become increasingly irregular and more heavily agglomerated with lower Fe/Au concentration ratios in the precursor solution. The resulting particle morphology from these experiments is caused by surface chemistry and particle to solvent interactions during particle formation inside the USP system. FAU - Majeric, Peter AU - Majeric P AD - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. peter.majeric@um.si. AD - Zlatarna Celje d.o.o., Kersnikova 19, 3000 Celje, Slovenia. peter.majeric@um.si. FAU - Feizpour, Darja AU - Feizpour D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0866-6424 AD - Institute of Metals and Technology, Lepi pot 11, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. darja.feizpour@imt.si. FAU - Friedrich, Bernd AU - Friedrich B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2934-2034 AD - IME Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling, RWTH Aachen University, Intzestrasse 3, 52065 Aachen, Germany. bfriedrich@ime-aachen.de. FAU - Jelen, Ziga AU - Jelen Z AD - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. z.jelen@um.si. AD - Plastika Skaza d.o.o., Selo 22, 3320 Velenje, Slovenia. z.jelen@um.si. FAU - Anzel, Ivan AU - Anzel I AD - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. ivan.anzel@um.si. FAU - Rudolf, Rebeka AU - Rudolf R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0510-5752 AD - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. rebeka.rudolf@um.si. AD - Zlatarna Celje d.o.o., Kersnikova 19, 3000 Celje, Slovenia. rebeka.rudolf@um.si. LA - eng GR - P2-0120/Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS/ GR - P2-0132/Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS/ GR - BI-DE/17-19-12/Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191012 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC6829231 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Au nanoparticles OT - Fe@Au OT - Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis OT - core-shell nanostructures OT - iron oxide particles OT - nanoparticle morphology COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/10/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/17 06:01 PMCR- 2019/10/12 CRDT- 2019/10/17 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/17 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma12203326 [pii] AID - materials-12-03326 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma12203326 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2019 Oct 12;12(20):3326. doi: 10.3390/ma12203326.