Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties

Zinc-Manganese spinel ferrites (Zn1-xMnxFe2O4) are nowadays very attractive magnetic materials for cancer diagnostic and therapy. With the help of intense ultrasonic waves, sonochemical synthesis method was used to prepare stoichiometric and chemically homogenous nanoparticles by varying the mangane...

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Main Authors: Wafaa Azouzi, Ikram Boulahya, Jerome Robert, Ahmed Essyed, Abdelfattah Mahmoud, Ahmed Al Shami, Dris Ihiawakrim, Hicham Labrim, Mohammed Benaissa
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Ikram Boulahya
Jerome Robert
Ahmed Essyed
Abdelfattah Mahmoud
Ahmed Al Shami
Dris Ihiawakrim
Hicham Labrim
Mohammed Benaissa
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Mohammed Benaissa
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description Zinc-Manganese spinel ferrites (Zn1-xMnxFe2O4) are nowadays very attractive magnetic materials for cancer diagnostic and therapy. With the help of intense ultrasonic waves, sonochemical synthesis method was used to prepare stoichiometric and chemically homogenous nanoparticles by varying the manganese content. The crystal structure along with the size and shape of the as-prepared nanoparticles were described using XRD, TEM and FT-IR techniques, while cations distribution was carefully investigated using XPS and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques and supported with density functional theory calculations. The crystal structure study revealed the presence of a pure single cubic spinel phase, where the unit-cell and the size were observed to decrease as the manganese incorporation was increased with clear indication of cationic redistribution and degree of inversion variations. Due to the very small variation of the total energy between different configurations, the probability of formation of a mixed phase was found to be very high in such a way that the more mixed was the phase, the more stable it was. A relevant fact was the noticed quasi-systematic ionic exchange made possible by the very short reaction times and high energy offered by the ultrasonic waves. For manganese concentrations up to 60%, the systematic ionic process started by incorporating manganese ions into octahedral sites and pushing iron ions to migrate and replace those of zinc in tetrahedral sites. Such an ionic movement was of central importance for the improvement of the magnetic properties due to the establishment of super-exchange interactions. Such an ionic engineering should definitely open the way to promising applications in biomedical imaging.
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spelling doaj-art-1f4b963fbea94b95af02a57501d691842025-08-20T02:32:42ZengElsevierUltrasonics Sonochemistry1350-41772024-12-0111110710810.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.107108Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic propertiesWafaa Azouzi0Ikram Boulahya1Jerome Robert2Ahmed Essyed3Abdelfattah Mahmoud4Ahmed Al Shami5Dris Ihiawakrim6Hicham Labrim7Mohammed Benaissa8Laboratoire Matière Condensée et Sciences Interdisciplinaires, LaMCScI, URL-17-CNRST, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1014 RP, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 10000 Rabat, MoroccoLaboratoire Matière Condensée et Sciences Interdisciplinaires, LaMCScI, URL-17-CNRST, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1014 RP, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 10000 Rabat, MoroccoInstitut de Physique Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, IPCMS, UMR CNRS 7504, Université de Strasbourg, BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 02, FranceInstitut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Énergie, l’Environnement et la Santé, ICPEES, ECPM, UMR CNRS 7515, Université de Strasbourg, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 02, FranceGREENMAT, Institute of Chemistry B6, University of Liege, 4000 Liege 1, BelgiumLaboratoire Matière Condensée et Sciences Interdisciplinaires, LaMCScI, URL-17-CNRST, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1014 RP, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 10000 Rabat, Morocco; National School of Applied Sciences-ENSA, Ibn Tofail University, 14000 Kénitra, MoroccoInstitut de Physique Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, IPCMS, UMR CNRS 7504, Université de Strasbourg, BP 43, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 02, FranceNational School of Applied Sciences-ENSA, Ibn Tofail University, 14000 Kénitra, MoroccoLaboratoire Matière Condensée et Sciences Interdisciplinaires, LaMCScI, URL-17-CNRST, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1014 RP, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 10000 Rabat, Morocco; Corresponding author.Zinc-Manganese spinel ferrites (Zn1-xMnxFe2O4) are nowadays very attractive magnetic materials for cancer diagnostic and therapy. With the help of intense ultrasonic waves, sonochemical synthesis method was used to prepare stoichiometric and chemically homogenous nanoparticles by varying the manganese content. The crystal structure along with the size and shape of the as-prepared nanoparticles were described using XRD, TEM and FT-IR techniques, while cations distribution was carefully investigated using XPS and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques and supported with density functional theory calculations. The crystal structure study revealed the presence of a pure single cubic spinel phase, where the unit-cell and the size were observed to decrease as the manganese incorporation was increased with clear indication of cationic redistribution and degree of inversion variations. Due to the very small variation of the total energy between different configurations, the probability of formation of a mixed phase was found to be very high in such a way that the more mixed was the phase, the more stable it was. A relevant fact was the noticed quasi-systematic ionic exchange made possible by the very short reaction times and high energy offered by the ultrasonic waves. For manganese concentrations up to 60%, the systematic ionic process started by incorporating manganese ions into octahedral sites and pushing iron ions to migrate and replace those of zinc in tetrahedral sites. Such an ionic movement was of central importance for the improvement of the magnetic properties due to the establishment of super-exchange interactions. Such an ionic engineering should definitely open the way to promising applications in biomedical imaging.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350417724003560ZnMnFerritesNanoparticlesMagnetizationUltrasonic waves
spellingShingle Wafaa Azouzi
Ikram Boulahya
Jerome Robert
Ahmed Essyed
Abdelfattah Mahmoud
Ahmed Al Shami
Dris Ihiawakrim
Hicham Labrim
Mohammed Benaissa
Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Zn
Mn
Ferrites
Nanoparticles
Magnetization
Ultrasonic waves
title Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
title_full Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
title_fullStr Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
title_full_unstemmed Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
title_short Ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc-manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
title_sort ultrasonic chemical synthesis of zinc manganese ferrites with improved magnetic properties
topic Zn
Mn
Ferrites
Nanoparticles
Magnetization
Ultrasonic waves
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1350417724003560
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