Mn1-xZnxFe2O4 thin films with various Zn contents and of different thickness were synthesized on glass substrates directly by electroless plating in aqueous solution at 90℃ without heat treatment.The Mn-Zn ferrite films have a single spinel phase structure and well-crystallized columnar grains growing perpendicularly to the substrates.The results of conversion electron 57Fe M?ssbauer spectroscopy(CEMS)indicate that the cation distribution of Mn1-xZnxFe2O4 ferrite nanocrystal thin films fabricated by electroless plating is different from the bulk materials' and a great quantity of Fe3+ ions are still present on A sites for x>0.5.When the Zn content of the films increases,Fe3+ ions in the films transfer from A sites to B sites and the hyperfine magnetic field reduces,suggesting that Zn2+ has strong chemical affinity towards the A sites.On the other side,with the increase of the thickness of the films,Fe3+ ions,at B sites in the spinel structure,increase and the array of magnetic moments no longer lies in the thin film plane completely.At x = 0.5,Hc and Ms of Mn1-xZnxFe2O4 thin films show a minimum of 3.7 kA/m and a maximum of 419.6 kA/m,respectively.
SUN JianRong WANG XueWen LIU JinHong WANG JianBo LI FaShen
