Cobalt-doped magnetite (CoxFe3 -xO4) nanoparticles have been produced through the microbial reduction of cobalt-iron oxyhydroxide by the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens. The materials produced, as measured by superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, Mössbauer spectroscopy, etc., show dramatic increases in coercivity with increasing cobalt c...

Aluminum substituted cobalt manganese zinc ferrite nanoparticles Co0.425Mn0.425Zn0.150AlxFe2-xO4 (from x= 0.0 to 0.15 with step 0.025) have been synthesized by chemical co-precipitation route. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) revealed that the obtained powders have a single phase of cubic spinel structure. The crystallite sizes calculated from XRD data have been confirme...

Cobalt zinc oxide catalysts have been prepared by anti-solvent precipitation in supercritical CO2 and investigated for CO hydrogenation. Here we show how the textural and catalytic properties of the catalyst can be tailored by the addition of water to the initial solution of cobalt and zinc acetates in methanol. Characterization of the catalysts by powder X-ray diffraction, infra-red and Raman ...

Doping a "parent" antiferromagnetic Mott insulator in cuprates leads to short-range electronic correlations and eventually to high-Tc superconductivity. However, the nature of charge correlations in the lightly doped cuprates remains unclear. Understanding the intermediate electronic phase in the phase diagram (between the parent insulator and the high-Tc superconductor) is expected to elucidat...

In order for Li-ion batteries to mature to a level useful for integration into the current or future energy infrastructure, basic problems such as cyclability, cost and rate capability must be overcome. LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 (LNM), a spinel cathode material, has the advantage of being both cost-effective and a high-rate capable material, but it is plagued with cyclability problems. In the LNM system t...

The shell on the nano-magnetic absorber can prevent oxidation, which is very important for its practical utilization. Generally, the nonmagnetic shell will decrease the integral magnetic loss and thus weaken the electromagnetic absorption. However, maintaining the original absorption properties of the magnetic core is a major challenge. Here, we designed novel and facile CoxFey@C composites by ...

The spinel oxides Zn0.4Co0.6AlxFe2-xO4 (x=0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 & 1.0) have been synthesized in the solid state sintering process in air. X-ray diffraction measurements have been carried out in order to check the phase which showed single phase spinel structure for all the samples. Initial permeability, frequency dependence of the complex permeability sintered at different temperatures has been...

The synthetic leucite silicate framework mineral analogues Rb2 XSi5O12 {X = Ni [dirubidium nickel(II) penta-silicate] and Mn [dirubidium manganese(II) penta-silicate]} have been prepared by high-temperature solid-state synthesis. The results of Rietveld refinements, using X-ray powder diffraction data collected using Cu Kα X-rays, show that the title compounds crystallize in the space group Pbc...