A review of Fe_3O_4 thin films:Synthesis,modification and applications

作     者：Xiaoyi Wang Yulong Liao Dainan Zhang Tianlong Wen Zhiyong Zhong 

作者机构：Center for Applied ChemistryUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Film and Integrated DevicesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Materials Science & Technology》 (材料科学技术（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第34卷第8期

页      面：1259-1272页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 

基　　金：financially supported by the National R&D Program of China (Nos.2017YFA0207400 and 2016YFA0300801) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.51502033,61734002 and 61571079) the International Cooperation Projects (No.2015DFR50870) the Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Province (No.2017JY0002) 

主　　题：Fe3O4 Thin film Preparation method Modified film Material science 

摘      要：Magnetite （Fe3O4） has been used for thousands of years as one of the important magnetic materials. The rapid developments of thin film technology in the past few decades attract the attention of material scientists on the fabrication of magnetite thin films. In this article, we present an overview of recent progress on Fe3O4 thin films. The widely used preparation methods are surveyed, and the effect of sub- strates is discussed. Specifically the modified Fe3O4 thin films exhibit excellent electrical and magnetic properties compared with the pure films. It is noteworthy that modified Fe3O4 thin films can be put into two categories： （1） doped films, where foreign metal ions substitute iron ions at A or B sites： and （2） hybrid films, where magnetite phases are mixed with other materials. Notably, Fe3O4 thin films show great potentials in many applications such as sensors and batteries. It is expected that the investigations of Fe3O4 thin films will give us some breakthroughs in materials science and technology.