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Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn1−x Zn x Fe2O4 Ferrite Nanoparticles

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In this work, solid solutions of Mn1−x Zn x Fe2O4 (where x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) ferrite nanoparticles were synthesized using the novel combustion method. A powder X-ray diffraction study confirms the formation of spinel-structured Mn1−x Zn x Fe2O4. Unusual increases in the lattice constant were observed from 8.358 to 8.435 Å for Zn substitution. Raman spectra show the change in local environment of tetrahedral and octahedral symmetry. Field emission scanning electron microscopy images show that the prepared samples are nanosized and there is not much difference observed in surface morphology. A magnetic study reveals that the prepared samples exhibit superparamagnetic properties with negligible coercivity and the saturation magnetizations initially increase from 31.12 emu g−1 (x = 0) to 35.48 emu g−1 (x = 0.2) and then decrease for further Zn substitution at 300 K. The zero-field-cooled and field-cooled magnetization studies confirm the superparamagnetic nature of prepared samples, and the observed blocking temperature decreases from 146.05 to 32.3 K. At 20 K, the measured hysteresis loop shows the coercivity and it gradually decreases from 810 to 152 Oe. The obtained results suggest that the prepared superparamagnetic Mn1−x Zn x Fe2O4 ferrite nanoparticles are a promising candidate material for biomedical applications.

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The authors thank the Central Instrumentation Facility, Pondicherry University, and DST-FIST, Government of India, for funding the facilities utilized in the present work and the Center for Nano Science and Technology for providing XRD measurement. C.M. thanks UGC, New Delhi, India, for the financial assistance in the form of the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF).

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Murugesan, C., Chandrasekaran, G. Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn1−x Zn x Fe2O4 Ferrite Nanoparticles. J Supercond Nov Magn 29, 2887–2897 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3604-1

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