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Fuzhan Song1, Xiangqian Shen, Mingquan Liu
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China.
Abstract:
The nanocomposite SrFe(12)O(19)/Ni(0.5)Zn(0.5)Fe(2)O(4) ferrite aligned hollow microfibers with the hollow diameter to the fiber diameter estimated about 3/5 have been prepared by the gel precursor transformation process. The nanocomposite binary ferrites with different mass ratios are formed after the precursor calcined at 900°C for 2h, fabricating from SrFe(12)O(19) nanoparticles and Ni(0.5)Zn(0.5)Fe(2)O(4) nanoparticles with a uniform phase distribution. These nanocomposite ferrite microfibers show a combination of magnetic characteristics for the hard (SrFe(12)O(19)) and soft (Ni(0.5)Zn(0.5)Fe(2)O(4)) phase with an enhanced remanence owing to the exchange-coupling interactions. The aligned microfibers exhibit a shape anisotropy.
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