Suppression of α-Fe₂O₃ Phase in MgFe₂O₄ Nanoparticles with High Magnetization by Controlling Annealing Process

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

We report the phase stability, microstructure and magnetic properties of MgFe2O4 nanoparticles under different annealing conditions. Magnetic properties of MgFe2O4 are strongly influenced by the crystal structure and morphology, which in turn, depend on annealing conditions. The as-prepared and samples annealed at 1200 °C show a pure spinel phase. Whereas the samples annealed and quenched at 600 °C-1000 °C exhibit the spinel phase along with a small fraction of the secondary phase of α-Fe₂O₃, which causes deterioration of magnetic properties. On the other hand, samples annealed at 600 °C-1000 °C under Argon atmosphere display superior magnetic properties (M = 44-56 emu/g at room temperature) due to the presence of pure spinel phase. Interestingly, the sample quenched at 1200 °C exhibits large saturation magnetization, MS = 63 emu/g at 5 K which is arising from the optimum cationic distribution (δ = 0.77) grown at elevated temperature is retained in the rapid cooling process.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Experimental Details
• 3. Results and Discussions
• 4. Conclusions
• References