Study on Effect of Cations Addition to Mg-Zn Ferrite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Characterisation

The spinel ferrite nanoparticles have gained huge interest in several technological applications. Synthesis methods and the components of ferrites paly vital role in their features and the present work focus on the same. Various cations such as Bi, Ba, Ag and Cu substituted magnesium ferrites were synthesised using simple solution combustion method. The ferrites were characterised using XRD, FESEM and FTIR for their structure as well as morphology. The morpholocial changes were significant with the variation of cations such as Ba, Ag, Bi and Ca. The one with bismuth interestingly showed flake like morphology and other have showed the mixed morphology. Ferrites with Bi and Ba exhibited greater size than the ones with Ag and Ca. The study aims for the comparison on the varied features of ferrites upon cation variation.