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Epitaxial Growth and Magnetic Behavior of (Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 Thin Films on Si Substrate Using Designed Buffer Layers for Novel Memory Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Naoki Wakiya ,
Kazuo Shinozaki  and
Nobuyasu Mizutani
Naoki Wakiya
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2–12–1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152–8552, Japan
Kazuo Shinozaki
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2–12–1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152–8552, Japan
Nobuyasu Mizutani
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2–12–1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152–8552, Japan
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Abstract

Epitaxial nickel zinc ferrite (Ni,Zn)Fe2O4 (NZF) thin films were successfully deposited on (MgO-Al2O3)/CeO2/YSZ/Si(001) substrates, where (MgO-Al2O3) is MgO doped with Al2O3. The crystallographic orientation and magnetic properties (saturation magnetization: Ms, and squareness: Mr/Ms where Mr is remanent magnetization) of NZF thin films were considerably changed with the amount of Al2O3 addition. If the amount of Al2O3 addition was less than 7 mol%, (001)-oriented epitaxial NZF thin films were obtained and the films had low squareness (around 45%). If the amount of Al2O3 addition was more than 7 mol%, (111)-oriented epitaxial NZF thin films were obtained and the films had high squareness (around 60–81%). Maximum squareness (81%) was obtained if the amount of Al2O3 addition was 26 mol%. For the sample with this Al2O3 content, the lattice mismatch between NZF and (MgO-Al2O3) buffer layer was 3.2%. The fact that high squareness was not obtained if lattice mismatch was very small (-0.3% on MgO) but obtained if lattice mismatch was 3.2% suggests that lattice mismatch to a certain content is important to avoid the formation of antiphase boundaries (APBs). This consideration was confirmed by examining other buffer layers having various lattice mismatches with NZF.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 747: Symposia T/V – Crystalline Oxides on Semiconductors – Interfacial Issues for Oxide-Based Electronics , 2002 , T3.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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