Structure and Magnetism of Nanocrystalline KδMnO2

1999 ◽  
Vol 602 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Stroud ◽  
E. Carpenter ◽  
V.M. Browning ◽  
J.W. Long ◽  
K.E. Swider ◽  
...  

AbstractThe structure and magnetic properties of sol-gel-synthesized, nanocrystalline KσMnO2 were investigated. The nanoparticles were determined by x-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy to be single-crystal rods of the cryptomelane phase of MnO2, with a typical particle size of 6 nm × 20 nm. The field and temperature dependence of the magnetization indicates superparamagnetic behavior, with a blocking temperature of 15K. The dependence of the magnetic properties on particle size, surface layers and mixed valency is discussed.

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Yantian Liang ◽  
Lijuan Jiang ◽  
Huarui Wu ◽  
Hongzhi Zhao ◽  
...  

Ordered ZnFe2O4nanotube arrays with the average outer diameter of 100 nm were prepared in porous anodic aluminum oxide template using an improved sol-gel approach. The morphology was studied by transmission electron and field emission scanning electron microscope. X-ray diffraction result shows that the nanotubes were polycrystalline in structure. The magnetic properties of the prepared ZnFe2O4nanotubes were also studied. The results show that the sample shows typical superparamagnetism at room temperature and obvious ferromagnetism below blocking temperature.


2010 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
An Rong Wang ◽  
Jian Li ◽  
Qing Mei Zhang ◽  
Hua Miao

Weak magnetic ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles were prepared by coprecipitation and treated with different concentrations of Fe(NO3)3 solution. Untreated and treated particles were studied using a vibrating sample magnetometer, transmission electron microscope, by X-ray diffraction, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy and X photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that, after treatment, the ZnFe2O4/γ-Fe2O3 forms disphase nanoparticles, with enlarged size, enhanced magnetic properties and with a surface parceled with Fe(NO3)3. The size of the particles and their magnetic properties are related to the concentration of the treatment solution. The particle size and magnetic properties could be controlled by controlling the concentration of treating solution, therefore nanoparticles can be more widely used.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Zhenfa Zi ◽  
Qiangchun Liu ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Xianwu Tang ◽  
...  

Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4particles with different particle sizes have been synthesized by sol-gel method. X-ray diffraction results show that all the samples are pure cubic spinel structure with their sizes ranging from 9 to 96 nm. The lattice constant significantly decreases with further increasing annealing temperature. The magnetic measurements show superparamagnetic nature below the particle size of 30 nm, while others show ferrimagnetic nature above the corresponding blocking temperature. The blocking temperature increases with the increase in particle size, which can be explained by Stoner-Wohlfarth theory. The saturation magnetization increases as the particle size increases, which can be explained by the cation redistribution on tetrahedral A and octahedral B sites and the domain wall motion. The variation of coercivity as a function of particle size is based on the domain structure.


Author(s):  
K.H. Ang ◽  
I. Alexandrou ◽  
N.D. Mathur ◽  
R. Lacerda ◽  
I.Y.Y. Bu ◽  
...  

An electric arc discharge in de-ionised water between a solid graphite cathode and an anode made by compressing Ni and C containing powders in a mass ratio of Ni:C = 7:3 was used here to prepare carbon encapsulated Ni nanoparticles in the form of powder suspended in water. The morphology of the produced material was analysed using high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The magnetic properties of the samples were determined using a Princeton vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Collection of the powder produced from different depths in the water container has proved to be an effective method for obtaining samples with narrow particle size distribution. Further material purification by dry NH4 plasma etching was used to remove the amorphous carbon content of the samples. XRD and HRTEM analysis showed that the material synthesized is fcc Ni particles with mean particle size ranging from 14 to 30 nm encapsulated in 2 to 5 graphitic cages. The data suggests that the process reported has the ability to mass-produce carbon encapsulated ferromagnetic nanoparticles with desired particle size distribution, and hence with controlled size-dependent magnetic properties.


1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Vázquez-Vázquez ◽  
P. Kögerler ◽  
M. A. López-Quintela ◽  
R. D. Sánchez ◽  
J. Rivas

The study of submicroscopic particles in already known systems has resulted in a renewed interest due to the large differences found in their properties when the particle size is reduced, and because of possible new technological applications. In this work we report the preparation of LaFeO3 particles by the sol-gel route, starting from a solution of the corresponding metallic nitrates and using urea as gelificant agent. Gels were decomposed at 200 °C and calcined 3 h at several temperatures, T, in the range 250–1000 °C. The samples were structurally characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD) showing that the orthoferrite crystallizes at T as low as 315 °C. From the x-ray diffraction peak broadening, the particle size was determined. The size increases from 60 to 300 nm as the calcination T increases. Infrared spectroscopy was used to characterize gels and calcined samples. From these studies a mechanism for the gel formation is proposed. Study of the magnetic properties of LaFeO3 particles shows the presence of a ferromagnetic component which diminishes as the calcination temperature increases, vanishing at T = 1000 °C.


2010 ◽  
Vol 148-149 ◽  
pp. 1575-1579
Author(s):  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Rui Yuan Niu ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Bin Cui ◽  
Zhu Guo Chang

Li-Ti-O (abbreviated as LTO) nano-composites were synthesized via sol-gel process, and then doped BaTiO3 based X7R type ceramics. The LTO nano-composites and their ceramics were characterized by means of thermaogravimetric, Fourier-transform infrared, X-ray diffraction methods, transmission electron microscopy. We also characterized the dielectric properties of the LTO doped BaTiO3 based ceramics of X7R type. The results indicated that LTO nano-composites were nanometer scale powders. The pH value and calcining temperature had an influence on particle size of LTO sintering aids. At pH about 3 and with calcining at 600 °C, the nano-composites attained minimum particle size (about 10 nm). By adding 0.10 wt% of the LTO nano-composites, the temperature permittivity achieved about 4200 when sintered at 1240 °C for 4 h, and the dielectric properties met X7R standard.


2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiva Salem

AbstractThe autoignition technique using glycine as fuel and related nitrate salts as an oxidiser is able to produce zinc aluminate spinel. The precursors were synthesised with lean and rich fuel at pH of 7.0 and the materials so obtained were calcined at various temperatures ranging from 600-1200°C. The autoignition process of precursors was studied by the simultaneous thermo-gravimetric and differential thermal analyses to determine the ignition mechanism. The calcined powders were characterised by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller technique and transmission electron microscopy. The product contains nano-sized particles with an average size of approximately 20 nm. The XRD patterns showed the formation of ZnO in the powder obtained by the fuel-rich precursor and calcined at 600°C which disappears at 800°C due to solid-state reaction and proper crystallisation after heat treatment. The results presented here can be useful in manufacturing nano and micro-sized ZnAl


2002 ◽  
Vol 755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihui Ge ◽  
Zongtao Zhang ◽  
Mingzhong Wu ◽  
Y.D. Zhang ◽  
D. P. Yang ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTNanostructured ferrites possess more advantages than the conventional ferrite materials and have been a research focus recently. In this work, a series of nanostructured Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 were synthesized by a citrate reaction method followed by calcining at various temperatures with the goal of obtaining pure phase Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nanoparticle while keeping the size small. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, SQUID magnetometry and Mössbauer spectroscopy (ME) have been employed to characterize the crystal structure, phase homogeneity, particle size, the conditions for reaction completion, and the magnetic properties. The results show that the saturation magnetization Ms at both 10K and 300K increase with increasing calcination temperature Tca, but particle size also increases with Tca. Three factors, the incomplete reaction for ferrite phase formation, the surface effect and superparamagnetic behavior, are found to be responsible for low Ms values at lower Tca. Based on a detailed analysis of nanostructure and magnetic properties in ferrites, the optimal conditions for synthesizing nanostructured Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 have been established.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2680
Author(s):  
Alizé V. Gaumet ◽  
Francesco Caddeo ◽  
Danilo Loche ◽  
Anna Corrias ◽  
Maria F. Casula ◽  
...  

CuFe2O4 is an example of ferrites whose physico-chemical properties can vary greatly at the nanoscale. Here, sol-gel techniques are used to produce CuFe2O4-SiO2 nanocomposites where copper ferrite nanocrystals are grown within a porous dielectric silica matrix. Nanocomposites in the form of both xerogels and aerogels with variable loadings of copper ferrite (5 wt%, 10 wt% and 15 wt%) were synthesized. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction investigations showed the occurrence of CuFe2O4 nanoparticles with average crystal size ranging from a few nanometers up to around 9 nm, homogeneously distributed within the porous silica matrix, after thermal treatment of the samples at 900 °C. Evidence of some impurities of CuO and -Fe2O3 was found in the aerogel samples with 10 wt% and 15 wt% loading. DC magnetometry was used to investigate the magnetic properties of these nanocomposites, as a function of the loading of copper ferrite and of the porosity characteristics. All the nanocomposites show a blocking temperature lower than RT and soft magnetic features at low temperature. The observed magnetic parameters are interpreted taking into account the occurrence of size and interaction effects in an ensemble of superparamagnetic nanoparticles distributed in a matrix. These results highlight how aerogel and xerogel matrices give rise to nanocomposites with different magnetic features and how the spatial distribution of the nanophase in the matrices modifies the final magnetic properties with respect to the case of conventional unsupported nanoparticles.


2014 ◽  
Vol 631 ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
A.M. Escamilla-Pérez ◽  
D.A. Cortés-Hernández ◽  
J.M. Almanza-Robles ◽  
D. Mantovani ◽  
P. Chevallier

Powders of Mg0.4Ca0.6Fe2O4were prepared by sol-gel using ethylene glycol and Mg, Ca and Fe nitrates as starting materials. Those powders were heat treated at different temperatures (300, 400, 500 and 600 °C) for 30 min. The materials obtained were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The Ca-Mg ferrite with the most appropriate magnetic properties was further analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The heating capability of the nanoferrites was also tested via magnetic induction. The XRD patterns of these Ca-Mg ferrites showed a cubic inverse spinel structure. Furthermore, neither traces of hematite nor orthorhombic Ca ferrite phases were detected. Moreover, all the Ca-Mg ferrites are superparamagnetic and the particle size distribution of these Ca-Mg magnetic nanoparticles exhibits an average diameter within the range of 10-14 nm. The needed temperature for hyperthermia treatment was achieved at around 12 min.


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