RT Journal Article T1 Epitaxial integration of CoFe₂O₄ thin films on Si (001) surfaces using TiN buffer layers A1 Prieto, Pilar A1 Marco, F. A1 Prieto, José E. A1 Ruiz Gómez, Sandra A1 Pérez García, Lucas A1 Perez del Real, Rafael A1 Velazquez, Manuel A1 De laFiguera, Juan AB Epitaxial cobalt ferrite thin films with strong in-plane magnetic anisotropy have been grown on Si (001) substrates using a TiN buffer layer. The epitaxial films have been grown by ion beam sputtering using either metallic, CoFe₂, or ceramic, CoFe₂2O₄, targets. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rutherford spectrometry (RBS) in random and channeling configuration have been used to determine the epitaxial relationship CoFe₂O₄ [100]/TiN [100]/Si [100]. Mossbauer spectroscopy, in combination with XRD and RBS, has been used to determine the composition and structure of the cobalt ferrite thin films. The TiN buffer layer induces a compressive strain in the cobalt ferrite thin films giving rise to an in-plane magnetic anisotropy. The degree of in- plane anisotropy depends on the lattice mismatch between CoFe₂O₂ and TiN, which is larger for CoFe₂O₄ thin films grown on the reactive sputtering process with ceramic targets. PB Elsevier Science B. V. SN 978-1-62841-817-0 SN 0169-4332 YR 2018 FD 2018-04-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/11953 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/11953 LA eng NO ©2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy under the project number MAT2015-64110-CO2. NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) DS Docta Complutense RD 8 abr 2025