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Nanoparticles having particle size in the range 25-40 nm for compositions x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.5 of Mg(x)Mn(1-x)Fe2O4 spinel ferrite system have been prepared by chemical co-precipitation route. The microstructure, infrared spectral and elastic properties have been studied by means of energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared spectroscopic (IR) measurements, before (W) and after high temperature annealing A(w). The force constants for tetrahedral and octahedral sites determined by infrared spectral analysis, lattice constant and X-ray density values by X-ray diffraction pattern analysis; have been used to calculate elastic constants. The magnitude of force constant and elastic moduli for nanocrystalline W-samples are found to be larger as compared to coarse grained A(w)-samples. The results have been explained in the light of redistribution of cations and as a result change in mean ionic charge for such cationic sites, elastic energy and grain size reduction effect of Nanoparticles.

We report on the resistance switching induced by swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation in lithium doped nanostructured NiO thin films grown on MgO (100) substrates by chemical solution deposition. Hysteresis in current-voltage curves were observed for the Ag/Li:NiO/Ag planner structures irradiated with 100 MeV Ag+14 ions, whereas pristine samples showed only linear I-V characteristics. No preferential oxygen loss from the film surface has been detected in on-line elastic recoil detection analysis. This suggests that change in the defect density created by SHI irradiation that may contribute to the metallic filaments play a major role as compared to the interfacial oxygen vacancies in resistance switching of NiO.

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