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The effect of yttrium and indium doping on structure of zinc-ferrite nanoparticles

Marija Maletin 1Evagelia G. Moshopoulou 3Srdan Rakic 2Vladimir V. Srdic 1

1. Department of Materials Engineering, Faclty of Technology, Univeristy of Novi Sad (UNS), Bul. cara Lazara 1, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, niversity of Novi Sad (UNS), Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
3. Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos”, 153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece, Athens 153 10, Greece

Abstract

Yttrium- and indium-doped zinc-ferrite nanoparticles (Zn1-xMxFe2O4 for 0≤x≤0.6) were prepared using a coprecipitation method. The nanoparticles were charactarized by conventional powder X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, Raman and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The influence of doping level on the structure of the as-synthesized nanoparticles were investigated. It was found that Y-doped ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles, with single spinel phase and size of few nanometers, are formed in a whole range of yttrium addition. On the other hand, In-doped ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles can be formed for all x investigated, but only the samples Zn1-xInxFe2O4 with x£0.15 are single phase spinel (for x³0.20 a second phase is formed).

 

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Presentation: Poster at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2006, Symposium C, by Vladimir V. Srdic
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2006

Submitted: 2006-06-26 13:10
Revised:   2009-06-07 00:44