Characterization of magnetron-sputtered ε iron-nitride films

Metathesis of alkali-metal amidoborane and FeCl3 in THF

“…LiAB may decompose to some extent in THF, perhaps causing an imbalance of the two starting chemicals. On the other hand, there is resemblance between the M€ ossbauer spectra of the three precipitates and those of Fe-N species reported in the literature 32,33 and may suggest a chemical valence of Fe in these precipitates close to that of Fe 2 N approaching to zero. However, N in the precipitates, involved in bonding with B is clearly different from interstitial N atoms in Fe 2 N, and a chemically more reasonable p-orbital bonding picture is presented below.…”

Investigation on the structure and magnetic properties at low temperature for nanocrystalline γ′-Fe4N thin films

“…It is well known that some iron nitrides such as -Fe 3 N (hcp), ␥ -Fe 4 N (fcc) and ␣ -Fe 16 N 2 (bct) are magnetic phases [13][14][15]. Among different phases of iron nitrides, the ␥ -Fe 4 N phase has the face-centered cubic iron lattice with a nitrogen atom positioned at the body-center site.…”

Structural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe–N thin films and their thermal stability

“…Since the first report on the possible 'giant-moment' ␣ -Fe 16 N 2 phase by Kim and Takahashi, ferromagnetic iron nitride compounds, such as ␣-Fe (N), -Fe 3 N (hcp), ␥ -Fe 4 N (fcc), and ␣ -Fe 16 N 2 (bct), have been intensively investigated [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Recently, synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline iron nitride have been attracting widespread attention because of their unique magnetic properties and the improved performances determined by their particle sizes, surface structures and inter-particle interaction [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”