摘要
Synthesis of composite oxides in the series Nd4-xCs2（1＋x）Fe5-xZnxO14＋δ（0≤x≤1.0） （B1-B5： x= 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0） is performed by sol-gel method via nitrate-acetate precursor route. Analysis of the powder x-ray diffraction （XRD） patterns show tetragonal unit cell with lattice parameters a = 8.6545, 8.2520, 7.7645, 9.8952, 8.2863 A; b = 8.9800, 11.5788, 15.6305, 8.4766, 11.6465 A in B1-B5, respectively. The average crystallite sizes in the samples are found to be in the range 69.56-119.48 A. Energy dispersive analysis of x-rays （EDAX） result shows the presence of Fe, Nd, Cs and O, and Fe, Nd, Zn, Cs and O in B 1 （x=0） and B2（x=0.25）-B5（x= 1.0）, respectively. The IR results at 300 K show the presence of octahedral [NdO6/2]^3- （asymmetric stretch： 410-416 cml） and [FeO6/2]^3-（symmetric stretch： 562-572 cm^-1） units in the samples. Observed magnetic moments versus magnetic field plots in the range -10 kG to ＋10 kG exhibit hysteresis loops with average magnetic susceptibility values in the range 3.46 × 10^-5 -7.05 × 10^-5 emu/gG in B1-B5 shows fairly strong ferromagnetic nature of the samples. The observed EPR lineshapes at 300 and 77 K with giso=2.01-2.03 and giso=2.01-2.03, respectively is ascribed to the octahedral [FeO6/2]^3- coordination of Fe^3＋ （3d^5） ion. The optical absorption spectra show the transition of ^4I9/2→^4F7/2→^ 4S3/2 （750 nm） of optically active Nd^3＋ ions in samples.
