Boundary conditions for the formation of a ferromagnetic phase during the deposition of Ti1-x Co x O2-δ thin films

Autor: E. A. Gan’shina, L. A. Balagurov, A. F. Orlov, D. G. Yarkin, S. P. Kobeleva, N. S. Perov, S. O. Klimonskii
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Crystallography Reports. 50:686-689
ISSN: 1562-689X
1063-7745
DOI: 10.1134/1.1996746
Popis: The conditions and the mechanism of the formation of a ferromagnetic phase in a Ti1-x Co x O2-δ oxide semiconductor are studied. It is found that the ferromagnetism manifests itself at room temperature in the films of Co-doped TiO2-δ oxide deposited on SrTiO3 (100) substrates only within a limited range of charge carrier densities: 2 × 1018−3 × 1022 cm−3. The minimum concentration of charge carriers corresponding to the formation of the ferromagnetic phase increases with a decrease in the cobalt content in the material under study. The ferromagnetism in Ti1-x Co x O2-δ thin films can be attributed to Co-enriched clusters with above critical sizes.
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