Metallic magnetism and change of conductivity in the nano to bulk transition of cobalt ferrite
- Department of Physics, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Puducherry–605 107 (India)
- Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry–605 014 (India)
Variations in conductivity with particle size have been observed in cobalt ferrite, when synthesized by solgel auto-combustion method. Impedance analysis reveals metallic and semiconducting behavior at room temperature for a particle size of 6 nm and 52 nm, respectively. Upon thermal activation, metallic to semiconducting phase transition has been observed as a function of particle size and vice-versa. Grainboundary Resistance (R{sub gb}), increased drastically with particle size (19 MΩ for 6 nm and 259 MΩ for 52 nm) at room temperature. AC conductivity and dielectric constants exhibit similar metallic to semiconducting phase transition at 6 nm and semiconducting behavior at 52 nm with temperature in the selected frequencies. Enhanced magnetic moment with an increase in the grain size along with decreased coercivity (1444 G to 1146 G) reveals transition from single domain to multi-domain. Increased inter-particle interaction is responsible for metallicity at the nano level and on the contrary semiconductivity is attributed to bulk.
- OSTI ID:
- 22259299
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 114, Issue 18; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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