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Correlation Between Structural, Magnetic and Dielectric Properties of Microwave Sintered Ni-Zn-Al Nanoferrites

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A series of diamagnetic aluminum (Al3+) substituted Ni-Zn Nanoferrites have been synthesized using sol-gel auto combustion route. Structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties were systematically studied and reported with respect to Al3+ substitution in host Fe3+ ions. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared spectroscopy (IR) measurements confirm the presence of Al3+ ions at both A and B sites. Cation distribution proposed from XRD and IR correlates with magnetic and dielectric results. It is observed that Al3+ ions are distributed in to tetrahedral and octahedral sub-lattices. The saturation magnetization varies between 58.5 and 44.2 emu/g with increasing Al3+ substitution. This decrease in magnetization is ascribed to presence of the non-collinear spin (canted spin) structure in octahedral sub-lattice. Dielectric constant decreased and a significant improvement in AC resistivity is observed with Al3+ substitution. The observed variations are accounted on the basis of cation distribution in spinel ferrite.

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  1. Department of Physics, Nalla Narasimha Reddy Engineering College, Hyderabad, 500 088, India

    Chandra Sekhar Ega

  2. Division of Physics, Technology and Research, Viganan’s Foundation for Science, Vadlamudi, Guntur, AP, India

    Chandra Sekhar Ega & M. Sreenivasulu

  3. Department of Physics, GVP College of Engineering for Women, Visakhapatnam, 530 045, India

    B. Rajesh Babu

  4. Department of Physics, GIS, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, 530 045, India

    K. V. Ramesh

  5. Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology, HCL (PO), Cherlapally, Hyderabad, 500 051, India

    Y. Purushotham

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Ega, C.S., Babu, B.R., Ramesh, K.V. et al. Correlation Between Structural, Magnetic and Dielectric Properties of Microwave Sintered Ni-Zn-Al Nanoferrites. J Supercond Nov Magn 32, 3525–3534 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-5097-1

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