Low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis of Fe3O4@CuO nanocomposites and their potential application as antifouling paint materials

The various data of Fe3O4@CuO nanocomposites have been successfully synthesized using the low-temperature hydrothermal method. This method was carried out by preparing Fe3O4 nanoparticles produced from the coprecipitation and CuO nanoparticles from the sol-gel synthesis method. The characterization of the Fe3O4@CuO nanocomposites crystal structure was used an XRD instrument. The results showed the peaks of the Fe3O4 and CuO phases. The characterization of the Fe3O4@CuO nanocomposites functional group investigated by the FTIR instrument. The surface morphology of Fe3O4@CuO nanocomposites was characterized using SEM. The surface morphology characterization shows that Fe3O4@CuO nanocomposites has to be applied as an antifouling paint material with a porosity value of 23% for batter antifouling performance.