Structural, morphological and hydrophilic properties of nanocrystalline NiFe2O4 by combustion route

Kiran V. Madhale, Maheshkumar

Abstract

Nano structured NiFe2O4 is synthesized by combustion method using glycine as a fuel. The synthesized material was characterized by TG-DTA, XRD, EDS and SEM. The average particle size of the nanomaterial NiFe2O4 calculated from XRD was found in the range 34 nm. The superhydrophilicity of the sintered oxides was investigated by wetting experiments, by the sessile drop technique, were carried out at room temperature in air to determine the surface and interfacial interactions.