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Structural, spectral, dielectric, and magnetic properties of indium substituted Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2−xO4 magnetic oxides

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The influence of indium on the properties of Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nano ferrites synthesized by sol–gel auto-combustion technique was studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis demonstrated that pure and substituted ferrites possessed cubic spinel structure. The lattice parameter increases with the inclusion of In3+ for x ≤ 0.16 and decreases subsequently. A linear decrease in crystallite size was found as concentration of indium increased. X-ray density, strain, and dislocation density were increased as indium content increases. Hopping lengths as well as radii of A and B sites revealed increasing behavior up to x = 0.16 and decreased thereafter. The spectral bands indicated the formation of spinel structure. The band positions were altered with the increase of In3+ contents. The inclusion of indium ions increases the value of dielectric parameters while magnetic parameters decreased. This increase in dielectric parameters and decrease in magnetization proposed that synthesized magnetic oxides may have potential in the fabrication of switching and high-frequency devices.

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The author extends their appreciation to the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSP-2021/394), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The authors extend their sincere appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University through the Fast-Track Research Funding Program.

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  1. Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan

    Muhammad Junaid & Muhammad Azhar Khan

  2. Department of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan Campus, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan

    Muhammad Junaid

  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Tahani I. Al-Muhimeed & Abeer A. AlObaid

  4. Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 100 Inharo, Inchon, 22212, South Korea

    Ghazanfar Nazir

  5. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia

    Thamraa Alshahrani

  6. Basic & Applied Scientific Research Center, and Department of Physics, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Ad Dammām, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Q. Mahmood

  7. Department of Physics, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering and Technology (MNSUET), Multan, 60000, Pakistan

    Majid Niaz Akhtar

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Junaid, M., Khan, M.A., Al-Muhimeed, T.I. et al. Structural, spectral, dielectric, and magnetic properties of indium substituted Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2−xO4 magnetic oxides. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 27–41 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07151-3

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