@article {44182,
	title = {Single step, phase controlled, large scale synthesis of ferrimagnetic iron oxide polymorph nanoparticles by thermal plasma route and their rheological properties},
	journal = {Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials},
	volume = {449},
	year = {2018},
	month = {MAR 1},
	pages = {232-242},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>In this paper we report single step large scale synthesis of highly crystalline iron oxide nanoparticles viz. magnetite (Fe3O4) and maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3) via gas phase condensation process, where micron sized iron metal powder was used as a precursor. Selective phases of iron oxide were obtained by variation of gas flow rate of oxygen and hence partial pressure of oxygen inside the plasma reactor. Most of the particles were found to possesses average crystallite size of about 20-30 nm. The DC magnetization curves recorded indicate almost super-paramagnetic nature of the iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles. Further, iron oxide nanoparticles were analyzed using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Mossbauer spectroscopy. In order to explore the feasibility of these nanoparticles for magnetic damper application, rheological studies have been carried out and compared with commercially available Carbonyl Iron (CI) particles. The nanoparticles obtained by thermal plasma route show improved dispersion which is useful for rheological applications. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Iron oxide, magnetic properties, Nano-crystalline materials, Rheological properties, Thermal plasma},
	issn = {0304-8853},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.09.056},
	author = {Raut, Suyog A. and Mutadak, Pallavi R. and Kumar, Shiv and Kanhe, Nilesh S. and Huprikar, Sameer and Pol, Harshawardhan V. and Phase, Deodatta M. and Bhoraskar, Sudha V. and Mathe, Vikas L.}
}
@article {47138,
	title = {Synthesis and characterization of nylon 6 polymer nanocomposite using organically modified Indian bentonite},
	journal = {SN Applied Sciences},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2020},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {Article number: 1412},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>In this present research work two different organic compounds are applied for the modification of Indian origin bentonite. One\&nbsp;is with n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), intercalated with an\&nbsp;interlayer of bentonite via cation exchange mechanism. Whereas, another with 3-Aminopropyl trimethoxysilane (APTES) interlayer functionalization with bentonite {\textendash}OH group. APTES and CTAB{\textendash}intercalated bentonites samples were further cross modified with CTAB and APTES to obtain novel co-surfactant locked organo bentonite modeling (CLOM) like matrices. Original and modified bentonite samples were comparatively evaluated by advanced characterization techniques such as, powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Moreover,\&nbsp;the\&nbsp;applicability of the developed CLOM like materials were investigated in nylon 6 nanocomposite preparation by melt compounding method using a micro twin co-rotated extruder. Additionally, CLOM-nylon-6 polymer nanocomposites were characterized by wide angle X-ray diffraction, TGA, differential scanning calorimetry, atomic force microscopy and tensile strength measurement. The observed thermograph results confirmed no significant difference in the thermal properties of the developed composites. Whereas, the significant variation observed in the tensile strength results particularly for developed composite 5\% of N6-OAMSB and N6 AMOSB 5 showed 111.5 and 76.6\% respective enhancement in tensile strength results when compared with a bare nylon-6 polymer.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1007/s42452-020-2579-5},
	author = {Kumaresan, S. and Rokade, Dhammaraj S. and Marathe, Yogesh N. and Ingole, Pravin G. and Pawar, Radheshyam R. and Pol, Harshawardhan V. and Bajaj, Hari C.}
}
