CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.49, sa.8, ss.11885-11892, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
High-entropy oxide (HEO) has recently become popular because of its unique multifunctional performance. In this study, we developed a novel microwave-assisted method for the production of HEO nanoparticles with the composition(Cr0.2Fe0.2Mn0.2Co0.2-xNi0.2Znx)3O4 (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2). The results revealed that all metallic elements were uniformly distributed throughout the single-phase cubic spinel structure of the HEO nano -particles. The particle size distributions of four fabricated samples ranged from 10 to 50 nm. Because of its numerous advantages such as the ultrafast and low-temperature fabrication of nanoscale and high-purity products at a relatively low cost, the suggested methodology is an excellent synthesis method. The original HEO spinel (x = 0) achieved saturated magnetization (Ms) and coercivity (Hc) values of 24.3 emu/g and 160 Oe, respectively, at room temperature. Zinc substitution in the HEO composition indicated that Ms and Hc decreased with increasing zinc concentration owing to its non-magnetic nature.