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deposition temperature. High resolution XRD measurement has showed that the as deposited thin<br />

films have out-of-plane lattice parameters slightly smaller than the bulk value, which indicates<br />

the existence of tensile stress in the thin films. This tensile stress is much smaller than those from<br />

films grown on MgO (100) substrates and therefore no surface cracking has been observed for<br />

films as thick as 1 micron. ω-scan and ϕ-scan have been carried out to characterize the out-of-<br />

plane and in plane texture of the as deposited thin films. The FWHM values of the ω-scan of thin<br />

films deposited at different temperatures are in the range of 0.6 to 0.7 and show decreasing trend<br />

with increasing deposition temperature. Fig.53 shows the ϕ-scan result of nickel ferrite thin film<br />

deposited on MgO(111) at 700˚C. The {400} and {200} planes of the nickel ferrite film and the<br />

MgO substrate were scanned in plane. The three 120˚ separated peaks indicate the three-fold<br />

symmetry of the (111) orientation and the match between those from film and substrate<br />

represents the epitaxial growth.<br />

Fig. 52. X-ray diffraction θ-2θ scan of nickel ferrite films grown on MgO(111) substrate at different temperatures.<br />

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