Chemical vapor deposition of polycrystalline Fe3O4 thin films by using the cyclohexadiene iron tricarbonyl liquid precursor

Publication date: 14 Mar 2012

JournalSource: OPENALEXOpenAlex type: articleClosed Access
Authors: Roberto Mantovan, S. Vangelista, Simone Cocco, Alessio Lamperti, O. Salicio

Magnetite (Fe3O4) thin films are synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with the cyclohexadiene iron tricarbonyl Fe(C6H8)(CO)3 liquid precursor. The growth of pure, polycrystalline, and stoichiometric Fe3O4 films is confirmed by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, and conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy. At 297 K, the resistivity for 24.8 nm (100 nm) Fe3O4 thin film is 17 × 10−3 Ω cm (4.2 × 10−3 Ωcm), indicating the good electrical quality of the as-deposited layers. Magnetoresistance (MR) up to −2.2% is measured at 297 K at 1.1 T, corresponding to 15% electron spin polarization. A gradual increase of MR is observed at low temperature. In particular, the observed MR = −4.4% at 120 K (at 0.8 T) is attributed to an intrinsic enhancement of the electrons spin polarization up to 21.5%.

Origin
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
111
Issue
7
Cited by
17
Legacy ID
23f75c0f9ae2e72bcdc6b448c33c7b13
Biblio references
Volume: 111 Issue: 7 Pages: 07B107