Anomalous electrical relaxation and polaron conduction in nano-crystalline Mn 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4

N. S.Krishna Kumar, T. S. Shahid, G. Govindaraj

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Abstract

Nano-crystalline Mn 0.5 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 was synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method and characterized with X-ray diffraction. Ac electrical impedance data are taken for the frequency range of 1Hz to 1MHz for various temperatures from 303K to 483K. The ac electrical conduction deviates from the Debye type relaxation which indicates polaron type conduction. In the present study unique anomalous relaxation function in time and frequency domain is used to investigate deviation from the Debye relaxation. The physical basis of anomalous or non-Debye process is explained in terms of change in Debye dipole μ D =ρr D of charge ρ into gρ due to the molecular charge interaction and defect disorder. This interaction shifts the Debye relaxation rate τ to a slow relaxation rate τ g . The fraction 0<g<1 is emerged as the exponent on frequency and time domain function of non-Debye relaxation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSolid State Physics
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2014
EditorsR. Chitra, N. K. Sahoo, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735413108
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 24 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, SSPS 2014 - Vellore, Tamilnadu, India
Duration: Dec 16 2014Dec 20 2014

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1665
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, SSPS 2014
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityVellore, Tamilnadu
Period12/16/1412/20/14

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Keywords

  • Impedance spectroscopy
  • Manganese zinc ferrite
  • Non-Debye
  • Polaron

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