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There is a strong interest in obtaining epitaxial layers of the α ′′ and γ ′ nitride phases of iron, because of their special ferromagnetic properties. The fact that these nitrides have a small fcc or bcc unit cell allows epitaxial growth without domain formation in contrast to the case of, for instance, Fe 3 O 4 . We tried three different routes to grow epitaxial iron...