Self-assembled soft magnetic ferrite nanocomposite materials and passive components and methods of making same

Abstract

Methods of making nanocomposite materials and nanocomposite passive components includes obtaining a base ferrite material, and reducing a material including the base ferrite material to selectively precipitate out ferromagnetic metal ions to produce a reduced material, wherein the reduced material includes a ferrite matrix having a plurality of ferrite grains and a plurality of metal nanoparticles on a surface of and/or embedded within each of the ferrite grains. Also, methods of making nanocomposite materials and nanocomposite passive components includes obtaining a. base ferrite material, creating a mixture including the base ferrite material and a plurality of metal nanoparticles, and thermally processing the mixture or a component formed using the mixture to produce the nanocomposite material/component, wherein the nanocomposite material/component includes a ferrite matrix having a plurality of ferrite grains and the plurality of metal nanoparticles on a surface of and/or embedded within each of the ferrite grains.

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