Magnetite NPs by decarboxylation

Reduction of iron by decarboxylation in the formation of magnetite nanoparticles.
Nicolás Pérez, Francisco López-Calahorra, Amílcar Labarta and Xavier Batlle
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 19485 (2011)

TEM images of: (a) decomposition of Fe(III) acetylacetonate with decanoic acid in benzylether, NP1; (b) decomposition of Fe(III) decanoate with decanoic acid in benzylether, NP2; (c) conventional decomposition of Fe(III) decanoate, NP3.