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Tuning the growth orientation of NiFe2O4 films by appropriate underlayer selection

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We have grown NiFe2O4 thin films on (001)-oriented SrTiO3 and (001)-oriented Pt underlayers. Although these two templates present a similar lattice mismatch with NiFe2O4 (about -6%), the ferrite grows cube-on-cube with a (001) orientation on SrTiO3 and (111)-textured on Pt, with four different in-plane variants. This evidences that the interface energy between NiFe2O4 and Pt or SrTiO3 is the key parameter ruling the film texture, while the elastic energy appears as a second-order factor. We compare the structural and magnetic properties of these two films and discuss possible applications of our findings.

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  1. Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalunya, Spain

    U. Lüders & J. Fontcuberta

  2. LPMC-FRE2686, 2 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France

    U. Lüders & J.F. Bobo

  3. Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, Domaine de Corbeville, 91404, Orsay, France

    M. Bibes

  4. Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay, France

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Lüders, U., Bibes, M., Bobo, J. et al. Tuning the growth orientation of NiFe2O4 films by appropriate underlayer selection. Appl. Phys. A 80, 427–431 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2886-5

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