Abstract
The purpose of this research was to develop BaFe9.5Al1.5CrO19-xCaCu3Ti4O12 nanocomposites (x=10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%) and investigate their structural and magnetic features. The substituted barium hexaferrite (BaFe9.5Al1.5CrO19) nanoparticles and calcium copper titanate (CaCu3Ti4O12) particles were synthesized by the auto-combustion sol-gel method. The structural, chemical composition and morphology of CaCu3Ti4O12 (CCTO) and the nanocomposites were investigated by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The magnetic and microwave properties of nanocomposites were also investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer and vector network analyzer, respectively. The results confirmed that 1100°C is the optimum synthesis temperature for CCTO, the mean particles size of the CCTO particles changing from 220nm (at 850°C) to 2.18µm (1250°C). The SEM micrograph revealed that in all of the BaM-xCCTO nanocomposites (x=10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%), the CCTO dielectric particles were attached to the substituted barium hexaferrite nanoparticles, indicating the effectiveness of the adopted synthesis method. Due to the presence of a dielectric phase in the nanocomposites the saturation magnetization decreases from 22emu/g to 12emu/g. The coercive field was a slightly larger than substituted barium hexaferrite and increased from 5.558kOe for substituted barium hexaferrite to 5.813kOe for BaM-50CCTO due to hindered motion of the domain walls by the dielectric phase and also to the collective behavior of agglomerated barium ferrite nanoparticles. The BaM-30CCTO nanocomposite shows the highest value of reflection loss compared to other nanocomposites. The reflection dip frequency of BaM-30CCTO nanocomposite was −48.85dB at 10.93GHz.
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