Structural Characterization of Fe3O4–NiO Superlattices Using High-reSolution Transmission Electron Microscopy

Autor: A. Recnik, David L. Carroll, Manfred Rühle, D. M. Lind, K. A. Shaw
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Research. 12:2143-2151
ISSN: 2044-5326
0884-2914
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.1997.0287
Popis: Superlattices of Fe3O4–NiO layers have been studied by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). These superlattices are grown by oxygen-plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) on (001) oriented MgO substrates, and exhibit a high degree of ordering at the interfaces between the interlayers. The lack of misfit dislocations at the Fe3O4–NiO interfaces suggeststhat lattice strain is largely accommodated by changes in the lattice spacing. By quantitative HRTEM analysis of Fe3O4–NiO interfaces, possible atomic models are discussed, having implications in magnetic ordering and spin exchange mechanisms for such interlayer systems.
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