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Growth and magnetic behavior of bismuth substituted yttrium iron garnet nanoparticles

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Crystal growth and the magnetic properties of bismuth substituted yttrium iron garnet (Bi-YIG) nanoparticles were studied with particular focus on the bismuth composition dependence of the magnetic properties of the particles and the effects of annealing on the garnet phase formation. The Bi-YIG nanoparticles of 47–67 nm in size can be chemically synthesized when they are annealed at 650–850 °C. Both the lattice constant and the magnetization of the garnet nanoparticles linearly increase when the bismuth composition in the Bi-YIG particles increases. We have found that chemically synthesized nanoparticles transform from the amorphous to the garnet phase when annealed at temperatures below 650 °C, while the onset of magnetic moment of iron in the garnet nanoparticles is observed slightly above 650 °C. According to Mössbauer effect measurements, the hyperfine fields of 57Fe at the tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the garnet are 39 and 48 T, respectively.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA

    T. Kim & M. Shima

  2. Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, 560-8531, Japan

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Kim, T., Nasu, S. & Shima, M. Growth and magnetic behavior of bismuth substituted yttrium iron garnet nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res 9, 737–743 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-006-9082-9

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