Are magnetite (Fe3O4) films on MgAl2O4 auxetic?

M. Ziese

Are magnetite (Fe3O4) films on MgAl2O4 auxetic?

Materials Science 2011-03-21 v1

Authors: M. Ziese

Abstract

Magnetite (Fe3O4) films were fabricated on MgAl2O4 (001) single crystal substrates by pulsed laser deposition. In-plane and out-of-plane lattice constants were determined by X-ray diffraction. The apparent Poisson's ratio was determined as the negative ratio of the out-of-plane to in-plane strains. The results show that (i) the determination of Poisson's ratio by this method is only reliable for fully strained films and (ii) Poisson's ratio = 0.3 along the <100> direction is positive for this archetypal ferrite. Fe3O4 films grown on MgAl2O4 (001) are not auxetic.

Keywords

magnetite Fe3O4 thin films Poisson's ratio auxetic pulsed laser deposition X-ray diffraction

Cite

@article{arxiv.1103.3666,
  title  = {Are magnetite (Fe3O4) films on MgAl2O4 auxetic?},
  author = {M. Ziese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.3666},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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