Electrophilic fluorination of α-Fe2O3 nanostructures and influence on magnetic properties

119Fluorinated α-Fe2O3 is synthesized by hydrothermal method using Selectfluor™ (F-TEDA) as an electrophilic source of fluorine. Surface modification with fluorine resulted in significant improvement in magnetic properties of α-Fe2O3 due to uncompensated surface spins.