Rohit Duglet, Deepika Sharma, Vijay Singh, Dheeraj Sharma, M. Singh
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This report explores the impact of annealing temperature on the structural and magnetic properties of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles synthesized via the sol-gel auto-combustion method. The samples were annealed at 500 °C, 700 °C, and 900 °C, and characterized using XRD, FE-SEM, FT-IR, and VSM techniques. XRD analysis revealed an increase in crystallite size from 28.35 nm to 47.65 nm with temperature, accompanied by changes in lattice parameters, cell volume, and a reduction in dislocation density. Grain size distribution, observed via FE-SEM, showed a growth trend corresponding to the annealing temperatures, with sizes ranging from 114.8 nm to 167.8 nm. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX) verifies the elemental composition. FT-IR analysis revealed characteristic Fe-O vibrational bands between 430 and 525 cm⁻1, corresponding to Fe-O deformation in octahedral and tetrahedral sites. Subtle shifts in these bands with increasing temperature reflect structural changes in the nanoparticles. Magnetic characterization exhibited a decrease in saturation magnetization (MS) from 2.96 emu/g at 500 °C to 0.74 emu/g at 900 °C, while coercivity (HC) increased from 643.2 Oe to 1161.1 Oe, reflecting the influence of temperature on the magnetic domain structure. The observed relationship between the structural evolution and magnetic behavior underscores the potential of annealing to optimize α-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles for use in magnetic storage, environmental remediation and multifunctional biomedical applications.
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