Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1999, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (4): 503.

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Sol-Gel Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of CoFe2-xRExO4(RE=Tb,Dy) Nanocrystalline Films

CHENG Fu-Xiang, KUANG Jun-Feng, LIAO Chun-Sheng, XU Zhi-Gang, YAN Chun-Hua   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, Peking Univ., Beijing, 100871
  • Received:1998-07-07 Online:1999-04-24 Published:1999-04-24

Abstract: The nanocrystalline thin films of CoFe2-xRExO4(RE=Tb,Dy) were fabricated by sol-gel processing. By varying the doping content of rare earth ions, x, and the annealing conditions, the difficult crystallization of spinel phase was found for the samples with x>0.3, which is ascribed to te large radii of rare earth ions. AFM observation indicated that the grain size can be controlled between 20~50 nm and the sol-gel derived thin films have a surface with a low roughness of 4~5 nm. The doping of Tb3+and Dy3+ions inside spinel can enhance the coercive force of CoFe2O4films.

Key words: Cobalt spinel, Doping, Nanocrystalline films, Sol-gel processing

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