Synthesis and Magnetic Behavior of Nickel Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Coated Onto Carbon Microcoils

Magnetic nanoparticles consisted of nickel zinc ferrite (NZF) were chemically synthesized by co-precipitation and simultaneously coated onto carbon microcoils (CMC), and their structure and magnetic properties were investigated. The samples were prepared at various mass ratios of CMC : NZF ranging from 1 : 5 to 5 : 1. According to X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, all the samples synthesized in this study exhibit peaks associated with the spinel ferrite structure of NZF nanoparticles along with a fairly broad peak due to the amorphous structure of CMC. The sample synthesized at CMC: NZF = 1 : 1 gives the highest crystallinity and the largest magnetization at 300 K for NZF according to XRD and magnetization measurement using a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer. Microstructural analysis of the CMC-NZF assemblies using scanning electron microscopy shows that the use of oleic acid and oleylamine improves the coverage of NZF on CMC and that the assembly made at CMC: NZF = 2 : 1 yields the highest coverage of NZF nanoparticles onto the CMC surface.