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Superparamagnetic Properties of Nanoparticles Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4 for Biomedical Applications
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 10, Number 1, 31 Mar 2005, Pages 5-9
Seung Wha Lee(Department of Electronic Engineering Chungju National University), Chul Sung Kim* (Department of Physics, Kookmin University)
Abstract
Nanoparticles Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2Ois fabricated by a sol-gel method. The magnetic and structural properties of powders were investigated with XRD, SEM, Mossbauer spectroscopy, and VSM. Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4  powders annealed at 300℃ have a spinel structure and behaved superparamagnetically. The estimated size of Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2Onanoparticle is about 10 nm. The hyperfine fields at 13 K for the A and B patterns are found to be 533 and 507 kOe, respectively. The ZFC curves are rounded at the blocking temperature (TB) and show a paramagnetic-like behavior above TB.TB of Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2Onanoparticle is about 250 K. Nanoparticles Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2Oannealed at 400 and 500℃ have a typical spinel structure and is ferrimagnetic in nature. The isomer shifts indicate that the iron ions were ferric at the tetrahedral (A) and the octahedral (B). The saturation magnetization of nanoparticles Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4 annealed at 400 and 500℃ are 40 and 43 emu/g, respectively. The magnetic anisotropy constant of Ni0.9Zn0.1Fe2O4 annealed at 300℃ were calculated to be 1.6×106 ergs/㎤
Keywords: Superparamagnetism; Nanoparticle; Mossbauer; Applications in Biomedicine
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