Structure, magnetic, and electrodynamic properties of SrInxFe12-xO4/Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 composites at low temperature

Abstract

Exchange-coupled hard-soft bi-magnetic ferrites can be used as isolators, microwave absorption materials, filters, hyperthermia materials, and biosensors with improved energy properties. The nanocomposites with the chemical composition SrInxFe12-xO4/Ni0.5Zn05Fe2O4 (where x varies from 0.00 to 0.04) have the advantages of both materials: spinel and hexaferrite. The combination of Sr-hexaferrate with spinel ferrite results in proximity effects, reversal of magnetization in two stages, and blocking temperatures that can be tuned in bi-magnetic hard and soft ferrites. It was found an anomalius kink in the hysteresis loops and two peaks in the switching field distribution at x <= 0.02. The exchange interaction on the surfaces of hard and soft nanoparticles explains the behavior of the magnetic characteristics.