{"title":"Facile synthesis of Cd0.35Zn0.65Ce0.03Fe1.97O4/GNPs composites and their magneto-dielectric response","authors":"Enam-ul- Haq, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Nasir Amin","doi":"10.1007/s10854-025-15809-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Cd<sub>0.35</sub>Zn<sub>0.65</sub>Ce<sub>0.03</sub>Fe<sub>1.97</sub>O<sub>4</sub> (CZCF)/Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) composites were synthesized using a self-combustion method by following the bath sonication. A cubic spinel phase was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and the lattice constant lies within the range of 8.422–8.731 Å. The crystallite size was increased from 20.3 to 34 nm. Raman analysis confirmed the existence of characteristic vibrational modes of the spinel phase, and the presence of GNPs was also confirmed by the appearance of additional <i>D</i>-band at ~ 1320 cm⁻<sup>1</sup> and <i>G</i>-band at ~ 1582 cm⁻<sup>1</sup>. Morphological analysis shows the irregular shape and increased agglomeration with the addition of GNPs. The electrical resistivity study demonstrated semiconductor behavior of CZCF/GNPs composites. The tangent loss decreased with increasing frequency, and the CZCF/5wt%GNPs composite has the minimum tangent loss. The saturation magnetization (<i>M</i><sub>S</sub>) varied significantly with GNPs addition, and has a maximum of 36.84 emu g<sup>−1</sup> for the CZCF/5wt%GNPs sample. The remanent magnetization (<i>M</i><sub>r</sub>) and squareness ratio (SQ) showed non-linear behavior, indicating changes in magnetic domain structure. The coercivity (<i>H</i><sub>C</sub>) decreased initially with GNPs addition and has a minimum of 33.32 Oe at 5wt%GNPs, suggesting a soft magnetic nature. These results demonstrate the tunability of composites based on CZCF SFs through GNPs integration, which makes them an attractive candidate for potential applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":646,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics","volume":"36 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-025-15809-5","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Cd0.35Zn0.65Ce0.03Fe1.97O4 (CZCF)/Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) composites were synthesized using a self-combustion method by following the bath sonication. A cubic spinel phase was confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and the lattice constant lies within the range of 8.422–8.731 Å. The crystallite size was increased from 20.3 to 34 nm. Raman analysis confirmed the existence of characteristic vibrational modes of the spinel phase, and the presence of GNPs was also confirmed by the appearance of additional D-band at ~ 1320 cm⁻1 and G-band at ~ 1582 cm⁻1. Morphological analysis shows the irregular shape and increased agglomeration with the addition of GNPs. The electrical resistivity study demonstrated semiconductor behavior of CZCF/GNPs composites. The tangent loss decreased with increasing frequency, and the CZCF/5wt%GNPs composite has the minimum tangent loss. The saturation magnetization (MS) varied significantly with GNPs addition, and has a maximum of 36.84 emu g−1 for the CZCF/5wt%GNPs sample. The remanent magnetization (Mr) and squareness ratio (SQ) showed non-linear behavior, indicating changes in magnetic domain structure. The coercivity (HC) decreased initially with GNPs addition and has a minimum of 33.32 Oe at 5wt%GNPs, suggesting a soft magnetic nature. These results demonstrate the tunability of composites based on CZCF SFs through GNPs integration, which makes them an attractive candidate for potential applications.
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The Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics is an established refereed companion to the Journal of Materials Science. It publishes papers on materials and their applications in modern electronics, covering the ground between fundamental science, such as semiconductor physics, and work concerned specifically with applications. It explores the growth and preparation of new materials, as well as their processing, fabrication, bonding and encapsulation, together with the reliability, failure analysis, quality assurance and characterization related to the whole range of applications in electronics. The Journal presents papers in newly developing fields such as low dimensional structures and devices, optoelectronics including III-V compounds, glasses and linear/non-linear crystal materials and lasers, high Tc superconductors, conducting polymers, thick film materials and new contact technologies, as well as the established electronics device and circuit materials.