Effect of ion bombardment on the surface magnetism of Fe3O4

29 September 1986

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 49 (13) , 824-825
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97506

Abstract

We have found that ion bombardment produces dramatic changes in the surface magnetism of Fe₃O₄. The surface layer with irregular magnetic behavior is more than 50 Å thick. These findings are of importance for current studies of ferritelike sputtered thin films as well as magnetic alloys in general.

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