Magnetism of crystalline and nanostructured ZnFe2O4

Citation
Fj. Burghart et al., Magnetism of crystalline and nanostructured ZnFe2O4, PHYSICA B, 289, 2000, pp. 286-290
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526 → ACNP
Volume
289
Year of publication
2000
Pages
286 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(200008)289:<286:MOCANZ>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We have investigated the magnetic properties of three differently prepared samples of the spinel ZnFe2 O-4 with mu SR, neutron diffraction, Mossbauer effect and magnetization measurements. Below T-N = 10.5 K, the first sample (annealed) shows long-range antiferromagnetic order in coexistence with sh ort-range magnetic order. The second sample (rapidly quenched) shows only s hort-range magnetic order. The third sample (nanostructured with an average particle size of about 9 nm) exhibits ferromagnetism below T-c approximate to 460 K combined with superparamagnetism. Below the blocking temperature of similar to 50 K the nanostructured sample exhibits a dependence on appli ed magnetic fields similar to that observed in spin glass systems. The role s of cation-site occupation and magnetic couplings in governing the differe nt magnetic behaviors exhibited by the samples are discussed. (C) 2000 Publ ished by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.