Magnetic Attributes of NiFe2O4 Nanoparticles: Influence of Dysprosium Ions (Dy3+) Substitution
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Munirah Abdullah Almessiere 1,2,*
, Y. Slimani 1,*, H. Güngüneş 3, S. Ali 4, A. Manikandan 5, I. Ercan 1, A. Baykal 6 and A.V. Trukhanov 7,8,9
Munirah Abdullah Almessiere 1,2,*, Y. Slimani 1,*, H. Güngüneş 3, S. Ali 4, A. Manikandan 5, I. Ercan 1, A. Baykal 6 and A.V. Trukhanov 7,8,9
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Department of Biophysics, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Physics, Hitit University, Çevre Yolu Bulvarı-Çorum 19030, Turkey
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Mechanical and Energy Engineering Department College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Chemistry, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Bharath University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600073, India
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Department of Nano-Medicine Research, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre NAS of Belarus, 19 P. Brovki Street, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
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Department of Electronic Materials Technology, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, Leninsky Prospekt, 4, Moscow 119049, Russia
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Laboratory of Crystal Growth, South Ural State University, Lenin Prospect, 76, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
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Nanomaterials 2019, 9(6), 820; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9060820
Received: 2 May 2019 / Revised: 22 May 2019 / Accepted: 28 May 2019 / Published: 31 May 2019
This paper reports the influence of dysprosium ion (Dy3+) substitution on the structural and magnetic properties of NiDyxFe2−xO4 (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) nanoparticles (NPs) prepared using a hydrothermal method. The structure and morphology of the as-synthesized NPs were characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscope (SEM, and TEM) analyses. 57Fe Mössbauer spectra were recorded to determine the Dy3+ content dependent variation in the line width, isomer shift, quadrupole splitting, and hyperfine magnetic fields. Furthermore, the magnetic properties of the prepared NPs were also investigated by zero-field cooled (ZFC) and field cooled (FC) magnetizations and AC susceptibility measurements. The MZFC (T) results showed a blocking temperature (TB). Below TB, the products behave as ferromagnetic (FM) and act superparamagnetic (SPM) above TB. The MFC (T) curves indicated the existence of super-spin glass (SSG) behavior below Ts (spin-glass freezing temperature). The AC susceptibility measurements confirmed the existence of the two transition temperatures (i.e., TB and Ts). Numerous models, e.g., Neel–Arrhenius (N–A), Vogel–Fulcher (V–F), and critical slowing down (CSD), were used to investigate the dynamics of the systems. It was found that the Dy substitution enhanced the magnetic interactions.
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Keywords:
NiFe2O4; spinel ferrites; structure; microstructure; magnetization; AC susceptibility
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Almessiere, M.A.; Slimani, Y.; Güngüneş, H.; Ali, S.; Manikandan, A.; Ercan, I.; Baykal, A.; Trukhanov, A. Magnetic Attributes of NiFe2O4 Nanoparticles: Influence of Dysprosium Ions (Dy3+) Substitution. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 820.
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