PREPARATION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF OPAL MATRICES WITH NANOPARTICLES OF TITANIUM AND IRON OXIDES

Abstract

The article considers specific features of the formation of nanocomposites based on the lattice packing of SiO2 nanospheres (opal matrices) with clusters of titanium and iron compounds (FeTiO3, FeTi2O5, TiO2, Fe2O3) embedded into nanopores between spheres. For the formation of the nanocomposites samples of opal matrices with the sizes of single-domain regions > 0.1 mm3 were used. The diameter of the SiO2 nanospheres was ~260 nm. Nanocomposites with the volume > 1 cm3 and 10-15% of interspherical nanospacing filled by crystallites of titanium and iron compounds were obtained. The composition and structure of the nanocomposites were studied by electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The dependence of the composition of the synthesized materials on the conditions of their preparation is shown. Results of measurements of the frequency dependences (within the range 1 MHz - 3 GHz) of the magnetic and dielectric characteristics of the obtained nanostructures are presented. Hysteresis loops were studied for the obtained samples.

Keywords

• nanocomposites
• opal matrix
• iron titanate
• x-ray diffractometry
• raman spectroscopy
• dielectric and magnetic properties