Effect of reaction time on particle size and dielectric properties of manganese substituted CoFe2O4 nanoparticles

An auto-combustion route was adopted for preparing nanosize manganese substituted cobalt ferrite. The synthesis of the nanoparticles was carried out using different fuel ratio for combustion process. The prepared samples were characterized using XRD and TEM. The impact of fuel ratio on the formation of Co0.6Mn0.4Fe2O4 nanoparticles was analyzed in terms of particle size. The particle is achieved towards smaller range of size as similar to 3-51 nm only at the 50% fuel ratio. The 75% and 100% fuel combustion ratio are not supported to attain the particle size on these ranges. The dielectric loss and low value of dielectric constant have been measured in the frequency range of 50 Hz-1 MHz. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.