Radiation induced structural and magnetic transformations in nanoparticle MnxZn(1x)Fe2O4 ferrites》.pdf

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 385 (2015) 377 –385 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials journal homepage: /locate/jmmm Radiation induced structural and magnetic transformations in nanoparticle Mn Zn Fe O ferrites x (1 x ) 2 4 P.P. Naik a,n, R.B. Tangsali a, B. Sonaye b, S. Sugur b a Department of Physics, Goa University, Goa 403206, India b Goa Medical College, Goa 403202, India a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Nanoparticle magnetic materials are suitable for multiple modern high end medical applications like Received 22 May 2012 targeted drug delivery, gene therapy, hyperthermia and MR thermometry imaging. Majority of these Received in revised form applications are confined to use of Mn–Zn ferrite nanoparticles. These nanoparticles are normally left in 20 October 2014 the body after their requisite application. Preparing these nanoparticles is usually a much involved job. Accepted 8 March 2015 However with the development of the simple technique Mn Zn Fe O nanoparticles could be prepared Available online 10 March 2015 x 1 x 2 4 with much ease. The nanoparticles of Mn Zn Fe O with (x ¼ 1.0, 0.7, 0.5, 0.3, 0