Oxidation of the Fe(110) surface:: An Fe3O4(111)/Fe(110) bilayer

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Kim, HJ [1 ]
Park, JH [1 ]
Vescovo, E [1 ]
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[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.61.15284
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The oxidation state and magnetic behavior of in situ oxidized Fe(110) surfaces has been studied using x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD). Low-energy electron diffraction has been used to monitor the surface atomic structure. At high oxygen exposures, the system is unambiguously identified as an Fe3O4(111)/Fe(110) bilayer. The MCD results show that the Fe3O4, overlayer is magnetically coupled (antiparallel) to the Fe substrate. This picture is in contrast to a previous report, which claims the formation of an FeO(111) overlayer with a reconstructed magnetic surface [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3921 (1996)].
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