Abstract

The structural and magnetic properties of ZnO-Fe3O4 nanocomposites produced by the solid-state reaction Zn + 3Fe2O3 → ZnO + 2Fe3O4 upon annealing of Zn/α-Fe2O3 films under vacuum at a temperature of 450°C have been studied. Ferrimagnetic Fe3O4 clusters with an average grain size of 40 nm and a magnetization of ∼430 emu/cm3 at room temperature, which are surrounded by a ZnO layer with a large contact surface, have been synthesized. The magnetic characteristics of the ZnO-Fe3O4 nanocomposite in the temperature range of 10–300 K have been presented.

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