Magnetic properties of CoXFe3-XO4 and precursor influence on these properties

Abstract

Cobalt ferrite is characterized by a partial inverse spinellic structure, which makes it a material with special magnetic properties that vary as a function of the cobalt concentration. The special magnetic properties represent one of the parameters due to which cobalt ferrite is of a great interest. In the present paper, we studied these properties from the perspective of the effect produced by the precursors of CoxFe3-xO4 nanomaterial synthesis on magnetic properties, shape, and morphology characteristics to these nanomaterials. Magnetic measurements were achieved with a SQUID magnetometer, while the structural and morphological characterization was achieved by X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM- EDAX and AFM.