Azadeh Askarinejad - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University
Ali Morsali - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University
Mojtaba Bagherzadeh - Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

α -Fe2O3 (hematite) nanoparticles were synthesized by a sonochemical method. They were characterized by XRD and SEM. The catalytic tests were performed in the reaction of methyl phenyl sulfide oxidation. The results exhibit the good catalytic performance of the as-prepared -Fe2O3 nanoparticles.

“Sonochemical method”; “ α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles”; “Methyl phenyl sulfide”; “Oxidation”; “Catalyst”