Published September 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic study of Fe2O3/ZnO nanocomposites

  • 1. Institute of Physics, Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 48, 70-311 Szczecin (Poland)
  • 2. Solid State Section, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 15-784 (Greece)
  • 3. Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 17, 70-310 Szczecin (Poland)
  • 4. Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of the Sciences, SokoLowska 29/37, 01-142 Warszawa (Poland)

Description

Fine particles of Fe2O3/ZnO were synthesized by wet chemical method. The morphological and structural properties of the mixed system were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The major phase was determined to be the cubic spinel phase of γ-Fe2O3 maghemite with mean crystalline size of about 20 nm together with small amounts of hexagonal ZnO and ZnFe2O4. The magnetic properties of the material were investigated by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in the temperature range from liquid helium to room temperature. An asymmetric and very intense FMR signal was recorded exhibiting strong shift to low magnetic fields with decrease in temperature. Analysis of the FMR spectra in terms of two separate line components indicates the presence of strongly anisotropic interactions.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2010.06.055

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2010.06.055;
PII
S0921-4526(10)00676-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
405
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
p. 4054-4058
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

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