%0 Journal Article %T Superabsorbent polymer as nanoreactors for preparation of hematite nanoparticles and application of the prepared nanocatalyst for the Friedel-Crafts acylation %A Saeidian %A Hamdollah %A Moghaddam %A Firouz Matloubi %A Pourjavadi %A Ali %A Barzegar %A Shahram %A Soleyman %A Rouhollah %A Sohrabi %A Abouzar %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2009 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532009000300009 %X the synthesis of pure ¦Á-fe2o3 nanoparticles (30 nm) using a superabsorbent nanopolymer (sanp) by the thermal decomposition is reported. synthesized ¦Á-fe2o3 nanoparticles were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ft-ir), transmission electronic microscopy (tem) and thermogravimetric analysis (tg) techniques. the applicability of this nanostructure material was assessed by its catalytic effect on the friedel-crafts acylation. %K superabsorbent nanopolymer %K ¦Á-fe2o3 nanoparticles %K thermal decomposition %K friedel-crafts acylation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532009000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en