文摘
The structural and magnetic properties of NiAl0.2Fe1.8O4/SiO2 nanocomposites prepared with the sol-gel method were studied by using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer, and M枚ssbauer spectroscopy. The average grain size of NiAl0.2Fe1.8O4 in the nanocomposites was found to increase from 5 to 37 nm with increasing the annealing temperature from 800 to 1200 掳C while the lattice constant was almost kept a constant of ~0.833 nm. The saturation magnetization of the nanocomposites was shown to increase with increasing the grain size. The thickness of the dead layer on the surface of the ferrite grain was obtained to about (0.61卤0.02) nm. The M枚ssbauer spectra indicated the evolution of magnetic properties of NiAl0.2Fe1.8O4 nanoparticles in the nanocomposites from superparamagnetic to magnetically ordered character with increasing the size of nanoparticles.