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Mn-substitution effects on the magnetic and zero-field ferromagnetic resonance properties of ϵ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles

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Authors

  • Jessica MacDougall
  • Asuka Namai
  • Onno Strolka
  • Shin Ichi Ohkoshi

External Research Organisations

  • University of Tokyo
  • CNRS International Research Laboratory DYNACOM

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)969-976
Number of pages8
JournalMaterials Advances
Volume6
Issue number3
Early online date18 Dec 2024
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Metal substitution is an important way to tune the magnetic properties of ferrites. In the present study, to investigate the effects of Mn substitution on the magnetic properties and millimeter wave absorption properties on ϵ-Fe2O3 for the first time, Mn-substituted epsilon iron oxides, ϵ-MnxFe2−xO3−x/2 (x = 0 (Mn0), 0.10 (Mn1), and 0.20 (Mn2)) were synthesized by sintering iron oxide hydroxide with manganese hydroxide in a silica matrix. Transmission electron microscopy shows particle sizes of 18.7 ± 5.8 nm (Mn0), 19.0 ± 6.2 nm (Mn1), and 19.8 ± 6.7 nm (Mn2). Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy confirms a uniform manganese distribution across all particles, while the powder X-ray diffraction patterns demonstrate that ϵ-MnxFe2−xO3−x/2 has an orthorhombic crystal structure with a space group of Pna21 (e.g., the lattice constants in Mn2 are a = 5.1031(4) Å, b = 8.7759(8) Å, and c = 9.4661(7) Å). As the Mn substitution ratio increases, the Curie temperature decreases from 487 K (Mn0) to 469 K (Mn2). As for the magnetic properties at 300 K, the coercive field increases from 17.2 kOe (Mn0) to 18.2 kOe (Mn2), while the saturation magnetisation decreases from 17.1 emu g−1 (Mn0) to 13.9 emu g−1 (Mn2), with increasing substitution ratio. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy demonstrates that the samples exhibit electromagnetic wave absorption in the millimetre-wave region, due to zero-field ferromagnetic resonance. As the Mn substitution ratio increases, the resonance frequency increases from 174 GHz (Mn0) to 182 GHz (Mn1) and 187 GHz (Mn2). Due to the substitution of Fe3+ with Mn2+, the saturation magnetisation decreases and the coercive field and the resonance frequency increase.

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Mn-substitution effects on the magnetic and zero-field ferromagnetic resonance properties of ϵ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. / MacDougall, Jessica; Namai, Asuka; Strolka, Onno et al.
In: Materials Advances, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2025, p. 969-976.

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MacDougall, J, Namai, A, Strolka, O & Ohkoshi, SI 2025, 'Mn-substitution effects on the magnetic and zero-field ferromagnetic resonance properties of ϵ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles', Materials Advances, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 969-976. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00927d
MacDougall, J., Namai, A., Strolka, O., & Ohkoshi, S. I. (2025). Mn-substitution effects on the magnetic and zero-field ferromagnetic resonance properties of ϵ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Materials Advances, 6(3), 969-976. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00927d
MacDougall J, Namai A, Strolka O, Ohkoshi SI. Mn-substitution effects on the magnetic and zero-field ferromagnetic resonance properties of ϵ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Materials Advances. 2025;6(3):969-976. Epub 2024 Dec 18. doi: 10.1039/d4ma00927d
MacDougall, Jessica ; Namai, Asuka ; Strolka, Onno et al. / Mn-substitution effects on the magnetic and zero-field ferromagnetic resonance properties of ϵ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. In: Materials Advances. 2025 ; Vol. 6, No. 3. pp. 969-976.
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