“…Spherical manganese ferrite (MnFe 2 O 4 ) nanoparticles are chemically synthesized and subsequently stabilized as water-based colloidal suspensions in an acid medium [17]. We have explored conventional ceramic route for the production of nanocrystalline spinel ferrites with suitable doping by aliovalent ions [18]. In an earlier report Nb 5+ was used to substitute Mn 2+ ions for producing nanocrystalline MnFe 2 O 4 [19].…”