Hematitenanoparticleswhichwerecoated,respectively,withsodiumdodecylebenzenesulphonate(DBS)andcetyltrimethylammoniumbromide(CTAB)weresynthesizedbyusingmicroemulsionmethodinthesystemofwater/toluene.Theparticlesizeandshapewerecharacterizedwithtransmissuonelectronmicroscopy(TEM).TheTEMresultsshowthatthenanoparticlestaketheshapeofshperewithdimeterof5.0nmand6.0nmformodifiedDBSandCTABrespectively.ThelocalatomicstructuresofthesenanoparticleswereprobedbyusingXAFStechnique.Fe-Kabsorptionspectrawerecollectedatbeamline4W1BofBSRF.ThelocalatomicstructureinDBScoatedhematitewasfoundtobesimilarwiththatinbulkhematiteexcepttheanharmonicityincreasing,butabout0.04AexpansionofFe-ObondlengthinCTAB-coatedhematite,Theinterface/surfaceatomicconfigurationwerecomparedanddiscussed.
