Interconversion of α-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 thin films: Mechanisms, morphology, and evidence for unexpected substrate participation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 29068-29076

  Genuzio, Francesca ^a   Sala, Alessandro ^a   Schmidt, Thomas ^a   Menzel, Dietrich ^a   Freund, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DEPOSITION; ELECTRONS; HEMATITE; MAGNETITE; OXIDE FILMS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS;

FE CATIONS; INTERCONVERSIONS; INVERSE REACTION; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MIXED FILMS; MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION; OXYGEN DESORPTION; REVERSIBLE TRANSFORMATION;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84918771081     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504020a     Document Type: Article

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