Mössbauer spectroscopy study of the synthesis of SnFe₂O₄by high energy ball milling (HEBM) of SnO and α-Fe₂O₃

Epitaxial growth of tin ferrite thin films using pulsed laser deposition technique

“…In spinel ferrites, tin ferrite (SnFe 2 O 4 ) is a normal spinel with a cubic structure. Tin ferrite is an important candidate of the spinel family because of its technological importance [6,7]. Nanostructured spinel ferrites have been synthesized using different techniques such as sol-gel [8], co-precipitation [7], ball milling [9], combustion [10], solothermal polyol [11].…”

“…The observed difference was explained on the basis of lattice mismatch between substrate and film. There are few reports on the synthesis of nanostructured tin ferrite using different techniques [6,23,24] Lee et al [25] have grown Fe 3−x Mg x O 4 ferrite films on MgO and SrTiO 3 substrate that have the lattice mismatch of ∼0.3% and ∼7.5%, respectively with the ferrite. They observed that small lattice mismatch gives epitaxial films while large lattice mismatch produces relaxed films.…”