Formation of a highly oriented FeO thin film by phase transition of Fe3O4 and Fe nanocrystallines

  • Kyung Joong Kim
  • , Dae Won Moon
  • , Sun Kyung Lee
  • , Kyung Hoon Jung

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Abstract

A highly oriented FeO thin film was formed from a Fe3O4 thin film containing Fe nanocrystallines by post-annealing at 600°C. Fe3O4 thin films were grown on Si(100) substrates by ion beam sputter deposition under oxygen ambient. The stoichiometry of the iron oxide thin film could be precisely controlled by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the Fe3O4 thin film grown at substrate temperature of 300°C showed a mixed phase of Fe3O4 and Fe nanocrystallines with a preferred orientation (110). However, the mixed phase was converted to a highly oriented FeO(200) phase by post-annealing at 600°C. This could be inverted as a result of Ostwald ripening of the Fe3O4 and Fe nanocrystallines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)118-121
Number of pages4
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume360
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2000

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Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Center for Molecular Science, Korea and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea for the financial support of this research.

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