Abstract
Composite films of metal-crystallites embedded in 001 and 110 single crystalline MgO films are prepared by the simultaneous vacuum deposition technique. The single crystalline nature is useful for electron microscopy and measurement of the physical properties. The epitaxially grown metal-crystallites of a few nm in size are analyzed by high resolution electron microscopy and micro-diffraction. The heat treatment of the as-grown composite films brings about change of the crystal habit for gold in MgO, grain-growth and phase-transformation for iron and formation of spinel for titanium. The specific resistivity and magnetic property are measured for gold - MgO and iron-MgO composite films to understand the relation between the structures and properties.
