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Abstract
Nickel-doped strontium hexaferrites, SrNixFe12-xO19 (x = 0.00, 0.03, 0.06, 0.09, 0.12), were synthesized using the co-precipitation method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirmed the formation of an M-type hexagonal structure (P63/mmc, JCPDS card no: 33–1340), with secondary phases (α-Fe2O3 and NiFe2O4) emerging at higher Ni concentrations (x ≥ 0.06). Lattice parameters and X-ray density were found to increase with Ni substitution. Pure hexaferrite phases were maintained for x ≤ 0.03, while additional phases appeared for x > 0.03. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed well-defined hexagonal plate-like grains, with a minimum grain size of 675.65 nm observed at x = 0.06. Magnetic characterization showed a decrease in saturation magnetization (Ms), remanence (Mr), and coercivity (Hc), with the lowest values of 46.89 emu/g, 28.22 emu/g, and 3673.88 Oe, respectively, at x = 0.06. The samples exhibited single-domain behavior with remanence ratios (Mr/Ms) ranging between 0.6018 and 0.6966. DC resistivity measurements indicated semiconducting behavior, with resistivity increasing as temperature decreased. The dielectric constant and loss factor decreased with increasing Ni content, the electric modulus, and impedance analysis suggesting a non-Debye type of relaxation with suitability for high-frequency applications. These findings demonstrate that Ni-doped strontium hexaferrites possess tunable structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties, making them promising candidates for use in high-frequency, low-loss devices such as capacitors, filters, and energy storage applications.
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Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of the basic chemical and physical phenomena may direct materials design and stimulate ideas for new or improved processing techniques, in order to obtain materials with desired structural features and properties.
Ceramics International covers oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metal and organic materials), in the form of particulates, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films and laminated, graded and composite structures. Process related topics such as ceramic-ceramic joints or joining ceramics with dissimilar materials, as well as surface finishing and conditioning are also covered. Besides traditional processing techniques, manufacturing routes of interest include innovative procedures benefiting from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields and energetic beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions on bio-inspired and bio-enabled materials designs, experimentally validated multi scale modelling and simulation for materials design, and the use of the most advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques of structure, properties and behaviour.
Technologically relevant low-dimensional systems are a particular focus of Ceramics International. These include 0, 1 and 2-D nanomaterials (also covering CNTs, graphene and related materials, and diamond-like carbons), their nanocomposites, as well as nano-hybrids and hierarchical multifunctional nanostructures that might integrate molecular, biological and electronic components.