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@ARTICLE{JagadishKumar:859437,
author = {Jagadish Kumar, G. and Banerjee, Alok and Sinha, A. S. K.
and Su, Y. and Nemkovski, K. and Rath, Chandana},
title = {{C}ation distribution and magnetic properties of
{Z}n-substituted {C}o{C}r 2 {O} 4 nanoparticles},
journal = {Journal of applied physics},
volume = {123},
number = {22},
issn = {1089-7550},
address = {Melville, NY},
publisher = {American Inst. of Physics},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-00293},
pages = {223905 -},
year = {2018},
abstract = {CoCr2O4 is a normal spinel where Co occupies the
tetrahedral (A) site and Cr occupies the octahedral (B)
site; it is important to examine the cation distribution and
magnetic properties by substituting a non-magnetic ion like
Zn. In this context, we have synthesized pure phase
ZnxCo1-xCr2O4 (x = 0.05, 0.1) of crystallite size
10 nm through conventional co-precipitation technique.
Fourier transform of Co, Zn, and Cr K-edge spectra obtained
from extended X-ray absorption fine structure demonstrates
that while Co and Zn prefer the A site, Cr strongly occupies
the B site. The paramagnetic to long range ferrimagnetic
transition, TC, decreases from 97 K in CoCr2O4 (bulk) to
87.4 K at x = 0.1 with an intermediate TC of 90 K at
x = 0.05. The decrease in TC is ascribed to decrease in
A-B exchange interaction confirming the preferential
occupation of Zn2+ ions towards the A site. The spin-spiral
transition, TS, decreases from 27 K in bulk (CoCr2O4) to
24 K at x = 0.1 followed by a spin lock-in transition,
TL, observed at 10 K which remains unchanged with increase
in Zn concentration. The diffuse neutron scattering in both
compositions shows the evidence of long range spiral
ordering in contrast to the simultaneous formation of long
and short range order in single crystals of CoCr2O4. The
decrease in maximum magnetization from 9 to 8 emu/g and an
increase in coercivity from 3.2 to 5.2 kOe at 2 K with
an increasing Zn concentration from 0.05 to 0.1 have been
explained by considering the Yafet-Kittel model},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-2},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)
/ 6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)DNS-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000435445500013},
doi = {10.1063/1.5027137},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/859437},
}