Yttrium-iron garnet and yttrium orthoferrite nanocrystals:Hydrothermal synthesis, magnetic property and phase transformation study

作     者：Mohammadreza Mansournia Mahsa Orae 

作者机构：Department of Inorganic Chemistry Faculty of ChemistryUniversity of Kashan 

出 版 物：《Journal of Rare Earths》 (稀土学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第36卷第12期

页      面：1292-1298页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：financial support of this work from University of Kashan by Grant No. 363030/12 

主　　题：Yttrium-iron garnet Yttrium orthoferrite Ammonia atmosphere Nanoparticles Magnetic materials Phase transformation 

摘      要：In this work,we present a new and fast method to obtain the single phase YFeO(YIG,cubic) and YFeO(YIP, orthorhombic) nanocrystals based on hydrothermal technique. The influence of initial Y/Fe mole ratio and calcination temperature on the nature, purity, phase structure, and morphology of the product was investigated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), Fourier-transform infrared(FT-IR) spectroscopy,energy-dispersive(EDX) X-ray spectroscopy, and field emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM).The results show that the transformation of the as-synthesized YIG from amorphous to orthorhombic and finally to cubic phase occurs with the increase of annealing temperature. On this basis, the pure cubic phase YIG can be obtained by calcination(at 1100℃) of the precursor which is prepared using the hydrothermal treatment of mole ratio of Y:Fe = 1:1.5 exposure to an ammonia atmosphere. Also, the initial Y/Fe mole ratio of 1:1 and calcination temperature of 1000 ℃ are the optimal conditions to form single-phase nanocrystalline YIP. Further, vibrating sample magnetometry(VSM) measurements illustrate the average magnetic saturation, coercivity and remanence of 2.73 and 15.00 emu/g, 42.74 and40.02 Oe, and 1.65 and 4.30 emu/g for YIP and YIG nanocrystals, revealing their soft ferromagnetic character.