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Magnetic structure evolution in mechanically milled nanostructured ZnFe2O4 particles

  • Jianzhong Jiang
  • , P. Wynn
  • , Steen Mørup
  • , T. Okada
  • , F.J. Berry

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Abstract

Nanostructured partially-inverted ZnFe2O4 particles have been prepared from bulk ZnFe2O4 by high-energy ball milling in an open container. The grain size reduction, cation site distributions, and the evolution of magnetic structures have been studied by x-ray diffraction with Rietveld structure refinements, transmission electron microscopy, and Mossbauer spectroscopy. It is found that a change of magnetic structure from an antiferromagnetic to a ferrimagnetic (or ferromagnetic) structure occurs in the milled samples. This change is correlated with the redistribution of the cations, Zn and Fe, in the A and B sublattices.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNanostructured Materials
Volume12
Issue number5-8
Pages (from-to)737-740
ISSN0965-9773
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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