Functional Sr0.5Ba0.5Sm0.02Fe11.98O4/ x(Ni0.8Zn0.2Fe2O4) Hard-Soft Ferrite Nanocomposites: Structure, Magnetic and Microwave Properties

Norah A Algarou; Yassine Slimani; Munirah A Almessiere; Ali Sadaqat; Alex V Trukhanov; Mohammad A Gondal; Abbas S Hakeem; Sergei V Trukhanov; Maksim G Vakhitov; Denis S Klygach; Ayyar Manikandan; Abdulhadi Baykal

doi:10.3390/nano10112134

Functional Sr_0.5Ba_0.5Sm_0.02Fe_11.98O₄/ x(Ni_0.8Zn_0.2Fe₂O₄) Hard-Soft Ferrite Nanocomposites: Structure, Magnetic and Microwave Properties

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2020 Oct 27;10(11):2134. doi: 10.3390/nano10112134.

Authors

Norah A Algarou^{1

2}, Yassine Slimani¹, Munirah A Almessiere^{1

2}, Ali Sadaqat³, Alex V Trukhanov^{4

5

6}, Mohammad A Gondal⁷, Abbas S Hakeem⁸, Sergei V Trukhanov^{5

6}, Maksim G Vakhitov^{5

9}, Denis S Klygach^{5

9}, Ayyar Manikandan¹⁰, Abdulhadi Baykal¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biophysics, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Electronic Materials Technology, Institute of New Materials and Nanotechnology, National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049 Moscow, Russia.
⁵ Department of Design and Manufacture of Radio Equipment, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia.
⁶ Laboratory of Magnetic Films Physics, SSPA "Scientific and Practical Materials Research Centre of NAS of Belarus", 220072 Minsk, Belarus.
⁷ Laser Research Group, Department of Physics & Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), P.O. Box 5047, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Center of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), P.O. Box 5047, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
⁹ Laboratory "Electromagnetic Compatibility", Centre of Collective Usage, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education 'Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin', 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia.
¹⁰ Department of Chemistry, Bharat Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), 10 Bharat University, Chennai 600073, India.
¹¹ Department of Nanomedicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

This paper reports the correlation between the composition of the functional Sr_0.5Ba_0.5Sm_0.02Fe_11.98O₁₉/x(Ni_0.8Zn_0.2Fe₂O₄) hard-soft nanocomposites (SrBaSmFe/x(NiZnFe) NCs), where 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 3.0, and their structural features, magnetic, and microwave properties. SrBaSmFe/x(NiZnFe) hard/soft ferrite NCs are produced using the one-pot citrate combustion method. According to the XRD analysis, all samples showed the co-existence of both SrBaSmFe and NiZnFe phases in different ratios. Magnetic properties are measured in a wide range of magnetic fields and temperatures (10 and 300 K) and correlated well with the composition of the investigated samples. The microwave properties (frequency dispersions of the magnetic permeability, and electrical permittivity) are discussed by using the co-axial method in the frequency range of 0.7-18 GHz. Non-linear dependences of the main microwave features were observed with varying of composition. The microwave behavior correlated well with the composite theory. These results could be used in practice for developing antenna materials.

Keywords: hard/soft ferrite; magnetic properties; microwave absorption; nanocomposite; structural properties.

Grants and funding

No. 19-72-10071/Russian Science Foundation