title: Iron Oxides in the Laboratory: Preparation and Characterization
author:  Udo Schwertmann 
description: "...well-tested recipes for synthesizing pure iron oxides..." (<i>SciTech Book News</i>)
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  Molecules 2020, 25, 1234; doi:10.3390/molecules25051234 
  www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules 
  Article 
  Surface Compositional Change of Iron Oxide Porous 
  Nanorods: A Route for Tuning Their Magnetic 
  Properties 
  Alberto Casu *,†, Danilo Loche †, Sergio Lentijo‐Mozo † and Andrea Falqui * 
  NABLA Lab, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah 
  University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955–6900, Saudi Arabia; 
  danilo.loche@kaust.edu.sa (D.L.); sergio.lentijomozo@kaust.edu.sa (S.L.‐M.) 
  *  Correspondence: alberto.casu@kaust.edu.sa (A.C.); andrea.falqui@kaust.edu.sa (A.F.) 
  †  These authors contributed equally to this work. 
  Academic Editor: Prof. Dr. Nadine Millot 
  Received: 14 February 2020; Accepted: 5 March 2020; Published: 9 March 2020 
  Abstract: The capability of synthesizing specific nanoparticles (NPs) by varying their shape, size 
  and composition in a controlled fashion represents a typical set of engineering tools that tune the 