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Detailed magnetic characteristics of cobalt ferrite (CoxFe3−xO4) nanoparticles synthesized in the presence of PVP surfactant

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While Co ferrite nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely considered for potential applications in magnetic storage, photocatalysts, and hyperthermia, significantly less attention has been paid to explore their detailed magnetic characteristics as a function of the Co content. Herein, a hydrothermal method was successfully used for the preparation of CoxFe3−xO4 (0.5 ≤ x ≤ 2) NPs, employing stable ferric and cobalt salts with PVP surfactant as a capping agent. Hysteresis loop measurements showed maximum coercivity (Hc) and saturation magnetization (Ms) of 982 Oe and 46 emu/g for Co0.5Fe2.5O4 and CoFe2O4 compounds, respectively. Detailed magnetic characteristics of the resulting NPs with different morphologies ranging from nanocubes to dense nanospheres were comprehensively investigated by first-order reversal curve analysis. It was found that CoxFe3−xO4 (0.5 ≤ x < 1) NPs with both spinel and hematite phases comprise noticeable hard and soft phases, whereas superparamagnetic phase starts to dominate magnetic behavior of CoxFe3−xO4 (1 ≤ x ≤ 2) NPs with reduced grain size and pure spinel phase.

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Abbreviations

NPs:

Nanoparticles

PVP:

Polyvinylpyrrolidone

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

FESEM:

Field emission scanning electron microscopy

VSM:

Vibrating sample magnetometry

H c :

Coercivity

M s :

Saturation magnetization

G R :

Average grain size

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Almasi Kashi, M., Alikhanzadeh-Arani, S., Bagherian Jebeli, E. et al. Detailed magnetic characteristics of cobalt ferrite (CoxFe3−xO4) nanoparticles synthesized in the presence of PVP surfactant. Appl. Phys. A 126, 250 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-3427-6

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