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Applied Physics A

, 125:167 | Cite as

Effect of Er3+ substitution on structural and magnetic properties of narrow size distributed ZnFe2−xErxO4 nanoparticles

  • M. Shoba
  • S. KaleemullaEmail author
  • C. Krishnamoorthi
  • G. Venugopal Rao
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Abstract

Rare-earth ion (Er3+) substituted ZnFe2−xErxO4 nanoparticles at different Er concentrations (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) were synthesized by surfactant (polyethylene glycol) assisted co-precipitation method and studied for structural and magnetic properties of the synthesized nanoparticles. All the ZnFe2−xErxO4 ferrite nanoparticles exhibited an average size of around 25 nm. It was observed that substituent Er3+ predominantly occupy octahedral sublattice in spinel structure. The crystal lattice unit cell volume and magnetic disorder increased with increase of Er3+ concentration. The magnetic parameters such as spin-glass or superparamagnetic blocking temperature (TB), maximum magnetization (Mmax), remnant magnetization (Mr) and coercive field (Hc) of the ZnFe2−xErxO4 ferrite nanoparticles decreased with decreasing temperature (3–300 K). High and low magnetizations were observed for the nanoparticles at 3 K and 300 K, respectively. The observed magnetic properties were explained clearly by considering the substitution of Er3+ ion in to the octahedral sub-lattice and diminishing the magnetic exchange interactions between Fe3+ ions with [Ar] 3d5 and Er3+ ions with [Xe] 4f11 5d10 electronic configurations. The present studies confirm that Er3+ substitution does not enhance magnetic properties of ZnFe2O4 nanoferrites.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge and thank the centre for crystal growth and VIT management for providing research facilities.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • M. Shoba
    • 1
  • S. Kaleemulla
    • 2
    Email author
  • C. Krishnamoorthi
    • 3
  • G. Venugopal Rao
    • 4
  1. 1.Thin Films Laboratory, School of Advanced SciencesVITVelloreIndia
  2. 2.Center for Crystal GrowthVITVelloreIndia
  3. 3.Center for Nanotechnology ResearchVellore Institute of TechnologyVelloreIndia
  4. 4.Materials Physics DivisionIndira Gandhi Center for Atomic ResearchKalpakkamIndia

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