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Nanocrystalline Nickel Ferrite, NiFe2O4: Mechanosynthesis, Nonequilibrium Cation Distribution, Canted Spin Arrangement, and Magnetic Behavior
Ist Teil von
Journal of physical chemistry. C, 2007-04, Vol.111 (13), p.5026-5033
Ort / Verlag
American Chemical Society
Erscheinungsjahr
2007
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanoparticles with an average crystallite size of about 8.6 nm were prepared by mechanochemical synthesis (mechanosynthesis). In-field Mössbauer spectroscopy and high-resolution TEM studies revealed a nonuniform structure of mechanosynthesized NiFe2O4 nanoparticles consisting of an ordered core surrounded by a disordered grain boundary (surface) region. The inner core of a NiFe2O4 nanoparticle is considered to possess a fully inverse spinel structure with a Néel-type collinear spin alignment, whereas the surface shell is found to be structurally and magnetically disordered due to the nearly random distribution of cations and the canted spin arrangement. As a consequence of frustrated superexchange interactions in the surface shell, the mechanosynthesized NiFe2O4 exhibits a reduced nonsaturating magnetization, an enhanced coercivity, and a shifted hysteresis loop. The study also demonstrates that one can tailor the magnetic properties of mechanosynthesized NiFe2O4 particles by suitably controlling their size. The thickness of the surface shell of about 1 nm estimated from size-dependent magnetization measurements is found to be in good agreement with that obtained from high-resolution TEM and Mössbauer experiments. On heating above 673 K, the mechanosynthesized NiFe2O4 relaxes to a structural and magnetic state that is similar to the bulk one.