X-Ray Diffraction and Magnetic Properties of Nd Substituted NiZnFe2O4 Characterized by Rietveld Refinement

Solid-state method developed neodymium-doped Ni-Zn ferrites exhibit additional orthoferrite and α-Fe2O3 phases. The change in magnetic properties and lattice parameters are influenced by above mentioned extra phases other than the Nickel-Zinc ferrite spinel structure. Observations indicate that curie temperature, as well as saturation magnetization, reduce with an increase in Neodymium concentration. At the same time, for Nd = 0.02, initial permeability has been slightly increased. This paper explains the reason for these changes in terms of diluted octahedral sites replaced with Nd ions instead of Fe-ions and the number of additional phases that are present.

Synthesis, Structure, Magnetic and Absorption Properties of Nd Doped Y3Fe5O12 Garnets Prepared by Mechanochemical Method

Neodymium substituted yttrium iron garnet (YIG) nanoparticles with compositional variation of NdxY3−xFe5O12 where x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 was prepared by mechanochemicals method using high energy milling (HEM). The characterization was done using X-rays diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and vector network analyzer (VNA). It was found that the mechanical milling followed by sintering promotes the complete structural formation of the yttrium iron garnet (YIG) structure. The XRD patterns confirm the complete introduction of Nd3+ ion into the YIG with an addition of Nd doping concentration. nanocrystalline particles with high purity and sizes ranging from 0.12μm to 0.16μm were obtained. The magnetization value, Ms from all Nd-doped samples were obtained in the range between 34 to 37emu.g-1. The magnetic coercivity (Hc) was achieved of 0.012kOe (12Oe) for the non-doped sample (YNd-0) and then increase with the addition of neodymium concentration. The increase in Hc for all the sample series can be attributed to an enhancement of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy with anisotropic Fe2+. The variation of the reflection loss (RL) versus frequency was observed in Nd doped YIG, Y1-xNdxFe5O12 with x = 0.0 – 0.8 in the frequency range of 7 –12 GHz. The optimum reflection loss (RL) was found to be 8.66(-dB) at 9.5GHz in Y2.2Nd0.8Fe5O12 (YNd-08) for x = 0.8.

Effect of Neodymium Ions on Density and Elastic Properties of Zinc Tellurite Glass Systems

The aim of this work is to determine the effect of Nd3+ ion concentration on the elastic properties of zinc-tellurite glass for the development of waveguide lasers. A series of Neodymium doped zinc-tellurite (NZT) glass system of composition [(TeO2) 0.70 (ZnO) 0.30] (1-x) Nd2O3 (x), x =0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05, were synthesized by using conventional melt-quenching method. XRD analysis confirmed the amorphous nature of the glass; the FTIR confirmed the presence of TeO3 and TeO4 in the glass network. The density of the glass system increases with increase in neodymium concentration. The longitudinal ultrasonic velocity decreases from 3737.01 to 3045.23 ± 10 ms−1, and the shear velocity decreases from 1959.31 to 1887.81 ± 10 ms−1. The experimental results have shown that the elastic properties depend on the composition of the glass systems and the effect of neodymium (Nd2O3) within the glass network.

Effect of Neodymium Concentration on Structural and Optical Properties of Tellurite Based Glass System

Neodymium doped zinc borotellurite glass system were fabricated by using conventional melt-quenching method. The structural properties of the glass system were characterized by using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) method and Fourier Transform analysis (FTIR). The amorphous nature of the glass system was confirmed by using x-ray diffraction method. The transmission band of TeO3 structural units which indicate the existence of non-bridging oxygen was shown by FTIR analysis. The optical properties of the glass system were determined by using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Several bands were shown in the absorption spectra which indicate the characteristic of neodymium ions. The obtained values of indirect optical band gap, Eopt lies in the range of 3.151 eV and 3.184 eV.

Study of Phase and Chemical Composition of Bi1-xNdxFeO3 Powders Derived by Pressureless Sintering

In the present paper studies on Bi1-xNdxFeO3 for x =0.1-0.4 are reported. The mixed oxide method followed with pressureless sintering was employed for ceramics fabrication. Thermal behavior of stoichiometric mixtures of simple oxide powders, viz. Bi2O3, Nd2O3 and Fe2O3 was studied by simultaneous thermal analysis. It was found that with an increase in neodymium content the weight loss increased from 0.75% to 3.16% for x =0.1 and x =0.4, respectively. It was found that weight loss took place mainly within two temperature ranges, namely ΔT1 ≈(300-400)0C and ΔT2 ≈(600-800)°C. Bi1-xNdxFeO3 ceramics was studied in terms of its phase composition (X-ray phase analysis) and chemical composition (EDS method) at room temperature. It was found that Bi1-xNdxFeO3 suffered structural phase transition from rhombohedral to orthorhombic symmetry with an increase in neodymium concentration x within the range x =(0.2-0.3).

PLZT:Nd3+ Ceramics for Photonic Applications

In the present work the influence of neodymium concentration (0-1at-%) and sintering conditions on 8/65/35 PLZT:Nd3+ ceramics were studied. All ceramic powders were synthesized by MOM technique from high purity raw materials (>99,9%), and subsequently sintered by free sintering and hot uniaxial pressing method. To analyze the powders and ceramics more the XRD, EDS SEM, and ferroelectric measurements were performed. Optical spectra were examined for all prepared samples, and their optical properties were analyzed using reflectance, excitation and luminescence measurements. The study gives a detailed account of the relationships between doping and preparing conditions on the basic physical and dielectric and optical properties of obtained ceramic materials.