%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium-Substituted Cu-Mn Ferrite Nanoparticles
%A M. A. Mohshin Quraishi
%A M. H. R. Khan
%J Indian Journal of Materials Science
%D 2013
%R 10.1155/2013/910762
%X The effect of Li substitution on the structural and magnetic properties of LixCu0.12Mn0.88£¿2xFe2+xO4 (x = 0.00, 0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.40, and 0.44) ferrite nanoparticles prepared by combustion technique has been investigated. Structural and surface morphology have been studied by X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and high-resolution optical microscope, respectively. The observed particle size of various LixCu0.12Mn0.88£¿2xFe2+xO4 is found to be in the range of 9£¿nm to 30£¿nm. XRD result confirms single-phase spinel structure for each composition. The lattice constant increases with increasing Li content. The bulk density shows a decreasing trend with Li substitution. The real part of initial permeability ( ) and the grain size (D) increase with increasing Li content. It has been observed that the higher the is, the lower the resonance frequency in LixCu0.12Mn0.88£¿2xFe2+xO4 ferrites is. 1. Introduction Ferrite nanoparticles have attracted a growing interest due to their potential applications such as magnetic recording [1], storage [2], and biotechnology [3]. In the most recent years, the interest in the use of nanoparticles in biomedical applications has greatly increased [4, 5]. The size and composition of nanoparticles influence the bio-application of the magnetic nanoparticles [6]. It is well known that the physical and chemical properties of the nanosized magnetic materials are quite different from those of the bulk ones due to their surface effect and quantum confinement effects. These nanoparticles can be obtained through precipitation of metallic salts in different media as polymers [7], organic acid or alcohol [8], sugars [9], and so forth. In particular, sol-gel, autocombustion, thermal decomposition, hydrothermal, ball milling, reverse micelle synthesis, solid-phase reaction, thermally activated solid state reaction, and pulsed laser deposition have been developed to prepare the single-domain MnFe2O4 nanoparticles [10¨C23]. Manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) nanoparticles have become very popular due to their wide range of magnetic applications, such as recording devices, drug delivery, ferrofluid, biosensors, and catalysis [10, 24¨C27]. Recently, Deraz and Alarifi [28] have studied structural and magnetic properties of MnFe2O4 nanoparticles by combustion route. Till now, no other report has been found in the literature for Li-doped Cu-Mn ferrite. Lithium ferrites are low-cost materials which are attractive for microwave device applications. Hence, there has been a growing interest in Li-substituted Cu-Mn ferrite for microwave applications and high permeability
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