V. I. Popkov, O. V. Almjasheva, “Formation mechanism of YFeO<nobr>$_{3}$</nobr> nanoparticles under the hydrothermal conditions”, Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 2014, Volume 5, Issue 5,Pages <nobr>703

Formation mechanism of YFeO$_{3}$ nanoparticles under the hydrothermal conditions

V. I. Popkov^ab, O. V. Almjasheva^cb

^a Saint Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University), St. Petersburg, Russia
^b Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
^c Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI", St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: Yttrium orthoferrite nanocrystals with an average crystallite size of 55 – 60 nm have been obtained under hydrothermal conditions. The influence of the hydrothermal synthesis temperature on the structure and crystallite size has been investigated. Mechanism of the YFeO$_{3}$ formation under the hydrothermal conditions has been proposed.

Keywords: yttrium orthoferrite, YFeO$_{3}$, hydrothermal synthesis, phase formation, formation mechanism.

PACS: 61.46.+w

Received: 01.07.2014
Revised: 04.09.2014

Language: English