%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis and Characterization of Air-Stable Elemental Fe Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition of Fe<sub>3</sub>(CO)<sub>12</sub>
%A On Mero
%A Nava Shpaisman
%A Judith Grinblat
%A Shlomo Margel
%J Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology
%P 217-223
%@ 2161-489X
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jsemat.2013.33029
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">New magnetic air-stable nanogranular
Fe thin films of 10</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡À</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">1.2 nm thickness were prepared onto
silicon wafers at 150¡æ under inert atmosphere by controlled Chemical Vapor
Deposition (CVD) of triiron dodecacarbonyl (Fe</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(CO)</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">12</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">).
These thin films, composed of sintered elemental Fe nanoparticles of 4.1</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡À</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">0.7 nm diameter, are protected from
air oxi</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dation by a very
thin carbon layer. The saturation magnetization of these thin Fe coatings was
found to be close to that of bulk iron. The electrical</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> resistivity behavior
of the ferromagnetic thin films is similar to that of a semiconductor. In the
present manuscript, these Fe thin coatings on Si wafers have been used as a
catalyst for synthesizing crystalline carbon nanotubes (CNTs), by CVD using
ethylene as a carbon precursor.</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p></o:p></span> 
</p>
%K Magnetic Conductive Thin Coatings
%K Thin Fe Films
%K Nanogranular Magnetic Thin Films
%K Magnetic Coatings
%K Fe&lt
%K sub&gt
%K 3&lt
%K /sub&gt
%K (CO)&lt
%K sub&gt
%K 12&lt
%K /sub&gt
%K CNTs
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=34485