Abstract
Colloidal hybrid nanoparticles integrate two or more material domains into a single construct to achieve multifunctionality and synergistic properties. The synthesis of these complex multicomponent hybrid nanoparticles often yields size and composition distributions that subsequently impact observed properties and complicate structure–function studies. Analyses of nanoparticle systems such as these that contain multiple simultaneously occurring distributions are highly challenging. In this work, we introduce thermal field-flow fractionation (ThFFF) as an analytical method to separate and characterize iron oxide (Fe3O4), platinum (Pt), and multicomponent platinum–iron oxide (Pt–Fe3O4) hybrid nanoparticles by composition. The transport of matter by a temperature gradient or thermal diffusion is exploited in the ThFFF separation and characterization of inorganic nanoparticles. Thermal diffusion coefficient (DT) values are determined from measured ThFFF retention times and translational diffusion coefficients...
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