Table 7 A comparison of the ZnO nanocomposites from this study with those reported in the literature.

From: Enhanced optical, dielectric and ferromagnetic properties in ZnO/M nanocomposites for advanced device applications

Materials

Saturation magnetization, Ms (emu/g)

Dielectric constant (ε’) @ 1 kHz

Coercivity, Hc (Oe)

Applications

Ref.

ZnO/Mn3O4(This work)

0.058

High (See Fig. 5a)

72.4

Spintronics, multifunctional

-

ZnO/Fe2O4

(This work)

0.050

High (See Fig. 5a)

71.2

Spintronics, multifunctional

-

ZnO/CuO

(This work)

0.039

High (See Fig. 5a)

80.4

Spintronics, mupercapacitors

-

(Gd, Co) co-doped ZnO

0.0052–0.0152

-

49–74

Spintronics

101

(Mn, Co) co-doped ZnO

0.00235 to 0.01489)

15–55

-

Spintronics

102

Sn: ZnO NPs

-

40–50

-

High-frequency devices

103

Fe3O4@ZnO/

C

44.68–68.10

-

-

applications in biomedicine

104

ZnO/Fe3O4 n

-

-

-

biomedical applications

105

ZnO–ZnFe2O4

0.024–0.610

-

-

Spintronics

106

Zn1 − xCoxO

-

-

46.0- 117.8

Spintronics

107