Magnetic field aligned orderly arrangement of Fe3O4 nanoparticles in CS/PVA/Fe3O4 membranes<xref rid="cpb_27_2_027805_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_2_027805_fn1"><label>*</label>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11475197, 11575205, 11404100, and 11304083) and the Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Province, China (Grant No. 102102210186).</fn>

Magnetic field aligned orderly arrangement of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles in CS/PVA/Fe₃O₄ membranes**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11475197, 11575205, 11404100, and 11304083) and the Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Province, China (Grant No. 102102210186).

Du Meng^{1, 2}, Cao Xing-Zhong^{2, †}, Xia Rui², Zhou Zhong-Po^{1, ‡}, Jin Shuo-Xue², Wang Bao-Yi²

((a)–(c) and (e)) Surface and ((d) and (f)) cross section morphologies of (a) pure CS/PVA, (b) pure Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles, ((c) and (d)) CS/PVA/Fe₃O₄, and ((e) and (f)) CS/PVA/Fe₃O₄-M nanocomposite membranes.