Effect of Cd on the structural, magnetic and electrical properties of nanostructured Mn-Zn ferrite

► Substitution of Cadmium in the manganese zinc spinel ferrite obstruct the growth of the particles and hence the resistivity is found to increase because of smaller particle size. ► Cd ion which prefers A site in macro dimension, prefers both A site and B site when the particle size is reduced to nano dimension. ► The dielectric constant and dielectric loss is found to be lower by several orders in the present investigation. ► Further investigation showed that curie temperature decreases with Cd substitution ( A detailed investigation is in progress and hence not presented in this article).