Review on Y-type hexaferrite: Synthesis, characterization and properties
Ibrahim Mohammed, J. Mohammed, Atiku Usman Kende, Aliyu Mohammed Wara, Yahaya Abubakar Aliero, U. Z. Magawata, Abdullah Bello Umar, A. K. Srivastava
Abstract
Ferromagnetic properties of hexaferrites induce magnetisation inside their crystal structure, separating them into uniaxial and ferroxplana hexaferrites. Y-type is the first observed ferroxplana ferrite with spontaneous magnetization in the basal c-plane perpendicular to the c-axis. Y-type is a material class that exhibits a more comprehensive range of adjustable characteristics. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the synthesis methods to produce Y-type hexaferrite (A2Me2Fe12O22, where A can be Ba or Sr and Me is any divalent metal ion) and techniques used to characterize its properties. Due to the potential applications of Y-type hexaferrites, numerous authors synthesized several kinds of Y-type hexaferrite using a variety of metal substitutions for Me, Fe, and A. Most research on Y-type hexaferrite has concentrated on its structural and magnetic characteristics to investigate magnetoelectric and microwave (MW) device applications. In this review, we reported the suitability of Y-type hexaferrite for multiple applications in current information and communication processing equipment according to the previous findings.