GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NONSTOICHIOMETRIC MAGNETITE FE3-DELTA-O4 THIN-FILMS

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作者
VOOGT, FC [1 ]
HIBMA, T [1 ]
ZHANG, GL [1 ]
HOEFMAN, M [1 ]
NIESEN, L [1 ]
机构
[1] DEPT NUCL SOLID STATE PHYS, 9747 AG GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS
关键词
INSULATING FILMS; IRON OXIDE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (LEED); MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN OXIDES; REFLECTION HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (RHEED); SINGLE CRYSTAL EPITAXY; SURFACE RELAXATION AND RECONSTRUCTION;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(95)00347-9
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Epitaxial thin films of magnetite, Fe3-deltaO4, were produced by evaporating natural Fe or the Mossbauer active isotope Fe-57 onto MgO(100) substrates, with simultaneous oxidization of the iron film by a controlled NO2 flux. RHEED intensity oscillations show that the growth proceeds in a layer-by-layer fashion. Mossbauer spectroscopy was used to determine the conditions under which stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric magnetite thin films can be obtained. Furthermore, we report on a p(1 X 1) reconstruction of the Fe3O4(001) surface, which has not been observed before for epitaxial thin films of magnetite.
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页码:1508 / 1514
页数:7
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