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Journal of Materials Science
Published in: Journal of Materials Science 18/2016

10-06-2016 | Original Paper

Experimental characterization of nanocrystalline niobium-doped nickel–zinc ferrites: occurrence of superparamagnetism

Authors: Ch. S. Lakshmi, Ch. S. L. N. Sridhar, G. Govindraj, S. Bangarraju, D. M. Potukuchi

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 18/2016

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Abstract

Structural, morphological, magnetic, and dielectric investigations are carried out in Nb-doped (viz., for x equal to 0.0–0.4 by wt%) nanocrystalline Ni–Zn ferrites synthesized by hydrothermal method. XRD, IR studies infer the growth of nano structures and Fe2O3 phase. Nb ions segregate at grain boundaries. Crystallite size (D) varies from 62 to 18 nm with x. FTIR absorption exhibits split at higher x. Saturation magnetization witnesses an overall decrease with x. Trends of M s(x) are explained by nature of dopant, preferential replacement, surface canting (Y–K angles) and lattice contraction. Variations of coercive field (H c) and D infer single-domain to multi-domain morphological transformation. Occurrence of superparamagnetism (SPM) is predicted for zeroed values of H cand for a critical concentration x crit equal to 0.321. Enhanced Nb5+–Fe2+ binding with dopant (x up to 0.2) results for decrease in dielectric constant \( \varepsilon^{\prime}_{r} \), loss factor tanδ and increase in resistivity ρ. Lowered ac conductivity is attributed to blockade of path by Nb5+ ions in the vicinity of B-sites. Relatively higher ρ (~108 Ω cm) and lower loss (tanδ ~10−2–10−3) evinced for 10 kHz. Enhanced core loss is realized with x manifested as lowered H c and tanδ to usher their utility in high-frequency applications.
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Metadata
Title
Experimental characterization of nanocrystalline niobium-doped nickel–zinc ferrites: occurrence of superparamagnetism
Authors
Ch. S. Lakshmi
Ch. S. L. N. Sridhar
G. Govindraj
S. Bangarraju
D. M. Potukuchi
Publication date
10-06-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science / Issue 18/2016
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0088-0

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