Abstract/Description
A Sr2FeMoO6 (SFMO) pellet was synthesized to use as a target in the Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) chamber. The method chosen was a solid state reaction of SrCO3, Fe2O3 and MoO3. All three materials were combined stoichiometrically, ground in a ball mixer, and annealed for 36 hours at 1000°C. A pellet press was custom designed and used to press the annealed powders into a pellet. The magnetic and structural properties of the powder were studied using a Quantum Design MPMS SQUID magnetometer and powder X-Ray diffractometer, respectively. Previous studies of bulk SFMO suggest it to be ferrimagnetic or ferromagnetic, with a magnetic ordering near 400K. The magnetization data completely agrees with the reported data. The 1” diameter pellet was used as a target in the PLD chamber to grow a 200 nm thin film on a SrTiO3 (001) substrate at 800°C and 10-6 torr. X-Ray diffraction was performed on the film to ensure it was epitaxially oriented. From this data, calculations were performed which found the thin film to have been grown epitaxially.
Recommended Citation
Bianchini, Louis
(2008).
Synthesizing and Characterizing Sr2FeMoO6 Bulk and Thin Films.
Undergraduate Review, 4, 65-70.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev/vol4/iss1/14
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