Improvement in electric and dielectric properties of nanoferrite synthesized via reverse micelle technique

Abstract

Nano nickel zinc ferrite (Ni0.58Zn0.42Fe2O4) with fascinating dielectric properties which reveal a direction for application was synthesized by reverse micelle technique. Dielectric constant and dielectric losses are controlled up to a measurement temperature of around 473K at higher frequency range of 9–19MHz. The dielectric loss of the sample investigated at room temperature is only 0.003 at 19MHz. The presently studied nanoferrite also exhibits a high value of dc resistivity, 108Ωcm. High resistivity and low dielectric constant and loss can be corelated to small grain size and better compositional stoichiometry obtained as a result of processing via reverse micelle technique at low sintering temperature (773K).