Anantharaman, M R; Reijne, S; Jacobs, J P; Brongersma, H H; Smits, R H H; Seshan, K(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999)
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Abstract:
Spinel ferrites are commercially important because of their excellent magnetic and catalytic
properties. The study by Low Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS) can reveal atomic scale
information on the surface. The surface of selected spinel ferrites was investigated by LEIS.
It has been found that it is the octahedral sites which are preferentially exposed on the
surface of the spinel ferrites. So the probable planes which are exposed on spinel ferrite
surfaces are D(110) or B(111). This prediction using LEIS gives scope for tailor-making
compounds with catalytically active ions on the surface for various catalytic reactions.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 34 (1999) 4279 – 4283