Magnetic and thermal analysis of MFe2O4 (M = Co, Mn, Zn) nanoparticles

Autor: Tomoyuki Hiroki, Yuko Ichiyanagi, Shinji Kimura, Daiki Shigeoka, Yuki Moro, Hikaru Katayanagi, Toshiyuki Mashino
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 99:83-86
ISSN: 1572-8943
1388-6150
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0564-8
Popis: Magnetic nanoparticles were prepared by a wet chemical method. Precursors of MFe2O4 (M = Co, Mn, Zn) were prepared from a mixture of metal chloride and metasilicate nonahydrate aqueous solutions. The precipitates obtained in the wet chemical method were calcined to obtain MFe2O4 nanoparticles encapsulated by amorphous SiO2. The blocking temperatures T B’s were between 20 and 320 K, in this temperature range, the anisotropy energy of the particles decreased below their thermal energy. T B increased with the particle size. In order to clarify the nanoparticle formation process, differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric (TG-DTA) measurements were performed for the as-prepared samples.
Databáze: OpenAIRE