Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic diphase nanostructure of ZnFe2O4/γ-Fe2O3

  • 1. State Key Structural Chemistry Laboratory and Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002 (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130023 (China)

Description

Magnetic diphase nanostructures of ZnFe2O4/γ-Fe2O3 were synthesized by a solvothermal method. The formation reactions were optimized by tuning the initial molar ratios of Fe/Zn. All samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectra. It is found that when the initial molar ratio of Fe/Zn is larger than 2, a diphase magnetic nanostructure of ZnFe2O4/γ-Fe2O3 was formed, in which the presence of ZnFe2O4 enhanced the thermal stability of γ-Fe2O3. Further increasing the initial molar ratio of Fe/Zn larger than 6 destabilized the diphase nanostructure and yielded traces of secondary phase α-Fe2O3. The grain surfaces of diphase nanostructure exhibited a spin-glass-like structure. At room temperature, all diphase nanostructures are superparamagnetic with saturation magnetization being increased with γ-Fe2O3 content. - Graphical abstract: Spherical diphase nanostructure of ZnFe2O4/γ-Fe2O3 was obtained by varying the initial molar ratio of Fe/Zn

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jssc.2006.12.034;
PII
S0022-4596(07)00014-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Journal Volume
180
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1038-1044
ISSN
0022-4596
CODEN
JSSCBI

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