Review on Y-type hexaferrite: Synthesis, characterization and properties

Abstract

Ferromagnetic properties of hexaferrites induce magnetisation inside their crystal structure, separating them into uniaxial and ferroxplana hexaferrites. Y-type is the first observed ferroxplana ferrite with spontaneous magnetization in the basal c-plane perpendicular to the c-axis. Y-type is a material class that exhibits a more comprehensive range of adjustable characteristics. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the synthesis methods to produce Y-type hexaferrite (A2Me2Fe12O22, where A can be Ba or Sr and Me is any divalent metal ion) and techniques used to characterize its properties. Due to the potential applications of Y-type hexaferrites, numerous authors synthesized several kinds of Y-type hexaferrite using a variety of metal substitutions for Me, Fe, and A. Most research on Y-type hexaferrite has concentrated on its structural and magnetic characteristics to investigate magnetoelectric and microwave (MW) device applications. In this review, we reported the suitability of Y-type hexaferrite for multiple applications in current information and communication processing equipment according to the previous findings.

Keywords

• Y-type hexaferrite
• Synthesis methods
• Structural properties
• Magnetic properties
• Microwave (mw) absorptions properties