Functional Nanostructured Material for Wastewater Decontamination.

In this study, an iron oxyhydroxide nanocomposite with magnetic properties has been successfully synthesized. The quantification of the phases determined by Rietveld refinement has shown the presence of 74% of -FeOOH (akaganeite) and 26% of Fe₃O₄ (magnetite). TEM images show aggregates of around 5-15 nm Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles with cubic morphology and -FeOOH somatoids and nanorods with length and width of 100-200 nm and 10-50 nm, respectively.