Academic literature on the topic 'Ferrites spinel'

An apparatus has been designed, constructed and tested for measurements of resistivity and thermopower, having the following novel features:- I) buffer amplifiers with driven shields to make measurements on highly resistive specimens, II) “in house” software and hardware developed to automate the measurements and, III) a new method of temperature measurement for thermopower studies. Measurements have been carried out on single crystal ZnxFe3_x04 and MnxFe3_x04 with 0 < X < 1 in the temperature range 4.2K-300K. The results strongly suggest that substitutional disorder plays an important role in the electrical transport properties of ferrites. The electrical conductivity for high X near 300K is interpreted in terms of nearest-neighbour hopping. The temperature dependence of G(a7’)=dLn(< 77’)/d( 1/T) between 300K and 100K and the concentration dependence of G(crT) at 100K provides evidence for the formation of a Coulomb Gap at low X. At low temperatures, variable-range and many-electron hopping for high and low X respectively is observed. An estimate of the effective radius of the carrier wavefunction is obtained from the conductivity measurements, which at ~0.4Á is comparable to that previously deduced for nickel ferrite. For all X a peak in the thermopower at about 50K was observed. The peak for high X has been attributed to the high temperature limit of variable- range hopping, while for low X interpreted as the transition from activation across a Coulomb Gap to many-electron hopping. In the high temperature range, the temperature variation is shown to be consistent with degenerate statistics for low X and non-degenerate statistics for high X. In the latter case it is possible to extract the dopant concentrations, which compare favourably with the values found by Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA). The high temperature thermopower and resistivity behaviour have been used to deduce the variation of the energy width of the conduction states, or bandwidth, with X and this is shown to be consistent with the expected behaviour. A polaron energy of ~0.04eV is calculated at 300K for high values of X, which compares favourably with previous work.

Size and Shape Controlled Synthesis and Superparamagnetic Properties of Spinel Ferrites Nanocrystals Qing Song 216 pages Directed by Dr. Z. John Zhang The correlationship between magnetic properties and magnetic couplings is established through the investigations of various cubic spinel ferrite nanocrystals. The results of this thesis contribute to the knowledge of size and shape controlled synthesis of various spinel ferrites and core shell architectured nanocrystals as well as the nanomagnetism in spinel ferrites by systematically investigating the effects of spin orbital coupling, magnetocrystalline anisotropy, exchange coupling, shape and surface anisotropy upon superparamagnetic properties of spinel ferrite nanocrystals. A general synthetic method is developed for size and shape control of metal oxide nanocrystals. The size and shape dependent superparamagnetic properties are discussed. The relationship between spin orbital coupling and magnetocrystalline anisotropy is studied comparatively on variable sizes of spherical CoFe2O4 and Fe3O4 nanocrystals. It also addresses the effect of exchange coupling between magnetic hard phase and soft phase upon magnetic properties in core shell structured spinel ferrite nanocrystals. The role of anisotropic shapes of nanocrystals upon self assembled orientation ordered superstructures are investigated. The effect of thermal stability of molecular precursors upon size controlled synthesis of MnFe2O4 nanocrystals and the size dependent superparamagnetic properties are described.

Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit magnetischen Tunnelkontakten (magnetic tunnel junctions, MTJs) auf Basis des Oxids Zinkferrit (ZnxFe3-xO4). Dabei soll das Potential dieses Materials durch die Demonstration des Tunnelmagnetowiderstandes (tunnel magnetoresistance, TMR) in zinkferritbasierten Tunnelkontakten gezeigt werden. Dazu wurde ein Probendesign für MTJs auf Basis der „pseudo spin valve“-Geometrie entwickelt. Die Basis für dieseStrukturen ist ein Dünnfilmstapel aus MgO (Substrat) / TiN / ZnxFe3-xO4 / MgO / Co. Dieser ist mittels gepulster Laserabscheidung (pulsed laser deposition, PLD) hergestellt. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden die strukturellen, elektrischen und magnetischen Eigenschaften der Dünnfilme untersucht. Des weiteren wurden die fertig prozessierten MTJ-Bauelemente an einem im Rahmen dieser Arbeit entwickeltem und aufgebautem TMR-Messplatz vermessen. Dabei ist es gelungen einen TMR-Effekt von 0.5% in ZnxFe3-xO4-basierten MTJs nachzuweisen. Das erste Kapitel der Arbeit gibt eine Einführung in die spintronischen Effekte Riesenmagnetowiderstand (giant magnetoresistance, GMR) und Tunnelmagnetowiderstand (TMR). Deren technologische Anwendungen sowie die grundlegenden physikalischen Effekte und Modelle werden diskutiert. Das zweite Kapitel gibt eine Übersicht über die Materialklasse der spinellartigen Ferrite. Der Fokus liegt auf den Materialien Magnetit (Fe3O4) sowie Zinkferrit (ZnxFe3-xO4). Die physikalischen Modelle zur Beschreibung der strukturellen, magnetischen und elektrischen Eigenschaften dieser Materialien werden dargelegt sowie ein Literaturüberblick über experimentelle und theoretische Arbeiten gegeben. Im dritten Kapitel werden die im Rahmen dieser Arbeit verwendeten Probenpräparations- und Charakterisierungsmethoden vorgestellt und technische Details sowie physikalische Grundlagen erläutert. Die Entwicklung eines neuen Probendesigns zum Nachweis des TMR-Effekts in ZnxFe3-xO4-basierten MTJs ist Gegenstand des vierten Kapitels. Die Entwicklung des Probenaufbaus sowie die daraus resultierende Probenprozessierung werden beschrieben. Die beiden letzten Kapitel befassen sich mit der strukturellen, elektrischen und magnetischen Charakterisierung der mittels PLD abgeschiedenen Dünnfilme sowie der Tunnelkontaktstrukturen.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.<br>Committee Chair: Z. John Zhang; Committee Member: Angus Wilkinson; Committee Member: C P Wong; Committee Member: E. Kent Barefield; Committee Member: Mostafa El-Sayed. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

L’augmentation des fréquences de commutation des alimentations induit de nouvelles problématiques pour les composants. Que ces composants soient actifs ou passifs, il est nécessaire de contrôler les pertes afin que les rendements restent acceptables. La thèse se propose d’étudier et de fabriquer une nouvelle structure de transformateur destiné à s’insérer dans une alimentation à découpage. Ces transformateurs sont produits à l’aide du procédé PECS/SPS, qui est une technologie de frittage. Cette technologie permet de fritter des ferrites tout autour des enroulements primaires et secondaires. Il en résulte que les composants sont monolithiques.Une première partie présente l’état de l’art, ainsi que le magnétisme dans la matière. Il s’ensuit un chapitre dédié à la fabrication des matériaux magnétiques utilisés durant la thèse : les ferrites.Une deuxième partie concerne les ferrites fabriqués par le procédé PECS/SPS. Il est question dans un premier temps d’étudier l’anisotropie magnétocristalline de ces matériaux, et il est possible de la diminuer en jouant sur la composition chimique. Dans un second temps, d’autres grandeurs telles que la perméabilité ou la polarisation sont mesurées, toujours en fonction de la composition chimique. Les principaux résultats montrent que le frittage par le procédé PECS/SPS est plus réducteur que le frittage classique, ce qui dégrade certaines propriétés comme la résistivité des ferrites. Un dernier chapitre est dédié à la réalisation des transformateurs monolithiques. Un protocole détaillé de la fabrication est alors présenté.Une troisième partie illustre le fonctionnement des transformateurs réalisés. Les mesures usuelles permettent d’identifier les inductances propres, mutuelles et de fuite. Les valeurs de ces inductances montrent qu’il est plus judicieux d’utiliser les composants fabriqués non pas en tant que transformateur, mais en tant que coupleur. Enfin un convertisseur basé sur une structure de type VRM est réalisé. La fréquence de découpage est de 2 MHz, le rendement est supérieur à 90 %, et la densité de puissance est de 15 kW/litre<br>The increase in switching frequency of power supply induces new problems for the components. These components are active or passive, it is necessary to control the losses so that efficiency remains acceptable. The thesis deals with the study and production of a new transformer structure intended to be part of a switching power supply. These transformers are produced using PECS/SPS method, which is a sintering technology. This technology can be sintered ferrite around the primary and secondary windings. It follows that the components are monolithic.A first part presents the state of the art, and magnetism in the matter. It follows a chapter dedicated to the manufacture of magnetic materials used in the thesis : the ferrites.A second part concerns the ferrites produced by the PECS / SPS process. Firstly, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of these materials is studied, and it is possible to decrease it by varying the chemical composition. In a second stage, other variables such as the permeability or the polarization are measured, always depending on the chemical composition. The main results show that the sintering by PECS / SPS method is more reducing than conventional sintering, which degrades certain properties such as the resistivity of the ferrites. The last chapter is dedicated to the realization of monolithic processors. A detailed manufacturing protocol is presented.A third part shows the operation of the realized transformers. The usual measurements allow identifying self, mutual and leakage inductances. The values of these inductances show that it is better to use components made not as a transformer, but as a coupler. Finally a converter based on a VRM structure is realized. The switching frequency is 2 MHz, the efficiency is greater than 90%, and the power density is 15 kW / liter

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:41:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlyssonEGM.pdf: 4274696 bytes, checksum: 0f940193275b15ce59b4b1f45e3dc11c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-24<br>Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico<br>Were synthesized different ferrites NixZn1-xFe2O4 (0,4 &#8804; x &#8804; 0,6) compositions by using citrate precursor method. Initially, the precursors citrates of iron, nickel and zinc were mixed and homogenized. The stoichiometric compositions were calcined at 350?C without atmosphere control and the calcined powders were pressed in pellets and toroids. The pressed material was sintered from 1100? up to 1200?C in argon atmosphere. The calcined powders were characterized by XRD, TGA/DTG, FTIR, SEM and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). All sintered samples were characterized using XRD, SEM, VSM and measurements of magnetic permeability and loss factor were obtained. It was formed pure ferromagnetic phase at all used temperatures. The Rietveld analyses allowed to calculate the cations level occupation and the crystallite size. The analyses obtained nanometric crystals (12-20 nm) to the calcined powder. By SEM, the sintered samples shows grains sizes from 1 to 10 &#956;m. Sintered densities (&#961;) were measured by the Archimedes method and with increasing Zn content, the bulk density decrease. The better magnetization results (105-110 emu/g) were obtained for x=0,6 at all sintering temperatures. The hysteresis shows characteristics of soft magnetic material. Two magnetization processes were considered, superparamagnetism at low temperature and the magnetic domains formation at high temperatures. The sintered toroids presents relative magnetic permeability (&#956;r) from 7 to 32 and loss factor (tan&#948;) of about 1. The frequency response of toroids range from 0,3 kHz to 0,2 GHz. The composition x=0,5 presents both greater &#956;r and tan&#948; values and x=0,6 the most broad range of frequency response. Various microstructural factors show influence on the behavior of &#956;r and tan&#948;, such as: grain size, porosity across grain boundary and inside the grain, grain boundary content and domain walls movement during the process of magnetization at high frequency studies (0,3kKz 0,2 GHz)<br>Foram sintetizadas diferentes composi??es da ferrita Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 com 0,4 &#8804; x &#8804; 0,6 pelo uso do m?todo dos citratos precursores. Para se obter a fase estequiom?trica do sistema Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 foram misturados e homogeneizados os citratos precursores de ferro, n?quel e zinco. As composi??es estequiom?tricas foram calcinadas em atmosfera ambiente na temperatura de 350?C e depois prensadas em pastilhas e tor?ides. As amostras prensadas foram sinterizadas nas temperaturas de 1100?, 1150? e 1200?C em atmosfera de arg?nio. Os p?s calcinados foram caracterizados por DRX, TGA/DTG, FTIR, MEV e magnetometria de amostra vibrante (MAV) e as amostras sinterizadas por DRX, MEV, MAV, massa espec?fica e medidas de permeabilidade e perdas magn?ticas. Observou-se a forma??o de fase pura ferrimagn?tica em todas as temperaturas aplicadas. A an?lise pelo m?todo de Rietveld calculou o n?vel de ocupa??o dos c?tions e o tamanho de cristalito. Foram obtidos tamanhos de cristais nanom?tricos, de 12 a 20 nm para os p?s calcinados. Por MEV, as amostras sinterizadas apresentam tamanhos de gr?os na faixa de 1 a 10 &#956;m. A massa espec?fica (&#961;) do material sinterizado apresenta uma tend?ncia de diminui??o com a adi??o de Zn. Os melhores resultados de magnetiza??o foram obtidos para x=0,6 nas tr?s temperaturas de sinteriza??o, variando de 105 a 110 emu/g. As histereses mostram um perfil de materiais magn?ticos moles. Dois processos de magnetiza??o foram considerados, o superparamagnetismo a baixa temperatura (350?C) e a forma??o de dom?nios magn?ticos em altas temperaturas. Os materiais sinterizados apresentam permeabilidade (&#956;) de algumas unidades, de 7 a 30, e perdas magn?ticas (tan&#948;) por volta de 1. A resposta em freq??ncia dos n?cleos toroidais est? na faixa de 0,3 kHz a 0,2 GHz. Os maiores valores de &#956; e tan&#948; s?o para x=0,5 e a maior faixa de resposta em freq??ncia ? para x=0,6. V?rios fatores da microestrutura contribuem para o comportamento das grandezas &#956; e tan&#948;, tais como: os tamanhos dos gr?os, porosidade inter e intragranular, quantidade de contornos de gr?os e os aspectos da din?mica das paredes de dom?nios quando excitadas magneticamente sob alta freq??ncia

In this presentation it is demonstrated that the unique magnetic properties of superparamagnetic cobalt-spinel ferrite nanoparticles can be employed in several novel applications. A method to selectively capture and remove pathogens from infected organisms to improve longevity is presented. Evidence is provided to show that automated methods using modified forms of hemofiltration or peritoneal dialysis could be used to eliminate the particle/pathogen or particle/infected cell conjugates from the organism postoperatively. It is shown that disparately functionalized nanoparticles can be used in concert as drug carrier and release mechanisms. Lastly, we provide preliminary evidence to support the use of magnetic nanoparticles for controlling reaction kinetics.

U ovom radu prikazani su rezultati ispitivanja strukturnih i magnetnih osobina čistih cink- ferita, ZnFe₂O₄ i cink-ferita sa dodatkom indijuma Zn_1-xIn_xFe₂O₄ i itrijuma, ZnY_xFe_2-xO₄, gde je 0 &le; x &le; 0,6. Prahovi na bazi cink-ferita su sintetisani koristeći nisko temperaturnu metodu sinteze iz tečne faze &ndash; metodu koprecipitacije. Osnovni cilj ove doktorske disertacije je bio da se utvrdi veza između uslova sinteze, uticaja različitih katjona, strukture i osobina čistih cink-feritnih nanočestica, kao i cink-ferita sa dodatkom indijuma i itrijuma. Radi praćenja uticaja veličine čestica dobijenog praha na strukturu i osobine ovih materijala, sintetisani čist cink-ferit je kalcinisan na različitim temperaturama. Posebno je razmatran i uticaj dodatka različitih jona na distribuciju i preraspodelu katjona u spinelnoj strukturi. Pored toga ispitivan je uticaj tako pripremljenih prahova na njihove magnetne osobine. Rentgenostrukturna i TEM analize potvrdili su da ispitivani uzorci spadaju u klasu nanomaterijala spinelne strukture. Analiza Raman i M&ouml;ssbauer spektara je ukazala na moguću raspodelu katjona između tetraedarskih i oktaedarskih mesta, te formiranje delimično inverznog spinela. Ispitivanja magnetnih osobina su pokazala da histerezisne petlje ne pokazuju saturaciju u prisustvu jakog magnetnog polja, &scaron;to je potvrdilo superparamagnetnu i jednodomensku prirodu čestica. Pokazano je da pored uticaja veličine čestica, dodatak različitih katjona (u ovom slučaju itrijum i indijum) ima veliki uticaj na uređenje strukture, a posledično i na magnetno pona&scaron;anje ispitivanih nanočestičnih sistema.<br> This thesis presents the results of the investigation of the structural and magnetic properties of nanostructured zinc ferrites, ZnFe2O4 and zinc ferrites supstituted with different amount of indium and yttrium, Zn1-xInxFe2O4 and ZnYxFe2-xO4 (0 &le; x &le; 0,6). Powders based on zinc ferrites were synthesised by a low temperature wet-chemical method &ndash; coprecipitation. The main purpose of this thesis was to establish the relationship between the synthesis, dopants, structure and properties of zinc ferrite based materials. Nanoparticles of ZnFe2O4 were calcined at different temperatures in order to elucidate the influence of the particle size on the magnetic properties of the obtained nanoparticles. In addition, we have investigated the effect of dopant addition on cation distribution in spinel structure, in order to modify the magnetic properties and to obtain the magnetic ceramics with improved properties compared to the bulk-counterparts. The results of X-ray and TEM analyses confirmed the nanosized nature and spinel type structure of the investigated samples. Raman and M&ouml;ssbauer spectroscopy studies implied on the possible cation distribution between the tetrahedral and octahedral sites and formation of the partially inversed spinel. The study of the magnetic properties showed that hysteresis loops do not saturate even in the presence of high magnetic fields, which confirmed the superparamagnetic and single domain nature of the samples. These observations imply that, besides the particle size, doping (e.g. yttrium and indium) causes significant structural rearrangements which in turn induce changes in magnetic behavior of the investigated nanoparticulate systems.