Bulletin of Materials Science

, Volume 35, Issue 4, pp 501–503 | Cite as

Effect of annealing time on structural and magnetic properties of laser ablated oriented Fe3O4 thin films deposited on Si(100)

  • SHAHID M RAMAY
  • SAADAT A SIDDIQI
  • M SABIEH ANWAR
  • C Y PARK
  • S-C SHIN
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Abstract

We have fabricated ∼143 nm Fe3O4 thin films on Si(100) substrates at 450°C and then annealed them at the same temperature for 30, 60 and 90 min under a vacuum of 10 − 6 torr with pulsed laser deposition. We studied the effects on the structural and magnetic properties of Fe3O4 thin films. The films have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). XRD studies showed pure single phase spinel cubic structure of Fe3O4 with a preferential [111] orientation, independent of substrate orientation at 90 min annealing. Higher magnetization was obtained up to 60 min annealing due to Fe phase but at 90 min, we obtained reduced magnetization of 335 emu/cc. This is attributed to the formation of antiphase boundaries between substrate and film.

Keywords

Iron oxide Fe3O4 thin film pulse laser deposition annealing saturation magnetization 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • SHAHID M RAMAY
    • 1
    • 2
  • SAADAT A SIDDIQI
    • 3
  • M SABIEH ANWAR
    • 1
  • C Y PARK
    • 4
  • S-C SHIN
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of PhysicsSchool of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Opposite Sector U. D.H.A.LahorePakistan
  2. 2.Department of Chemical Engineering, College of EngineeringKing Saud UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
  3. 3.Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical MaterialsCOMSATS Institute of Information TechnologyLahorePakistan
  4. 4.Department of PhysicsKAISTDaejeonKorea

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