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Phase components, microstructures, and magnetic properties of liquid-phase-sintered Li0.4Zn0.2Fe2.4O4/Y3Fe5O12 ferrite nanocomposites

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Li0.4Zn0.2Fe2.4O4/Y3Fe5O12-BBSZ (LiZn/YIG-BBSZ) ferrite-glass nanocomposites have been fabricated using a low-temperature liquid phase sintering process. According to the XRD results, a clear signature of phase separation of Li0.4Zn0.2Fe2.4O4 (LiZn) ferrite and Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) ferrite with a small amount of YFeO3 is present. The LiZn/YIG-BBSZ exhibits a dense granular structure with a porosity of 1.11% and a low average grain size of ~ 1.3 µm. Compared to the Li0.4Zn0.2Fe2.4O4-BBSZ (LiZn-BBSZ) or the Y3Fe5O12-BBSZ (YIG-BBSZ) composites, the LiZn/YIG-BBSZ possesses a relatively high saturation magnetization of ~ 46.4 emu/g and a relatively low coercivity of ~ 57.2 Oe mainly due to its optimized porosity and grain size. Owing to the increase in intrinsic and extrinsic damping and the dynamic magnetic inhomogeneity, high ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) linewidth of ~ 1018.4 Oe has been achieved for the LiZn/YIG-BBSZ, which is much larger than that of the LiZn-BBSZ or the YIG-BBSZ. The enlarged FMR linewidth and tunable saturation magnetization of the ferrite-glass nanocomposites may show promise for the electromagnetic shielding or microwave absorbers design.

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This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 62171096) and the Sichuan Science and Technology Support Project (Grant No. 2021YFG0091).

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Gao, Y., Jin, L., Liang, Y. et al. Phase components, microstructures, and magnetic properties of liquid-phase-sintered Li0.4Zn0.2Fe2.4O4/Y3Fe5O12 ferrite nanocomposites. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1250 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10656-8

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