Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 324, Issue 22, Pages 3668-3673Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.05.029
Keywords
Garnet; Microwave-Hydrothermal; Microwave sintering; Complex permittivity; Ferromagnetic resonance
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- DAE-BRNS, Mumbai
- UGC-BSR, New Delhi
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Due to high resistivity and low microwave losses, gadolinium iron garnets (GdIG) are useful materials for non-reciprocal devices such as circulators or isolators. Keeping the miniaturization and cost reduction in mind, the trend is to modify the conventional methods of preparation of samples. In this connection we have synthesized nanocystalline GdIG by using the Microwave Hydrothermal method at 160 degrees C/45 min. As synthesized powders were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. XRD patterns show the formation of a garnet phase with crystallite size varying between 19 nm and 40 nm. Differential Thermal Analysis studies were also carried out on the nanopowders. The powders were densified at a lower sintering temperature of 1100 degrees C/45 min using a microwave sintering method. The sintered samples were characterized by XRD and atomic force microscopy. The frequency dependence of complex permittivity and ferromagnetic resonance were measured in the K-a band frequency (27-40 GHz). Magnetic properties were also measured at room temperature. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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