Magnetic properties of Mn{sub 3}O{sub 4} film with a coexistence of two preferential orientations
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275 (China)
A Mn{sub 3}O{sub 4} film with a coexistence of two preferential orientations has been grown on a Pt(111)//Si(100) substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The structural characteristics and chemical compositions of the film are investigated by using X-ray diffraction, Raman, and X-ray photoelectron spectra in detail. Together with the magnetic tests, the film is demonstrated to be a polycrystalline hausmannite Mn{sub 3}O{sub 4} with no other impurities. Moreover, the hysteresis loops of the film are found to display a step or a characteristic shrinking at low fields. On the other hand, similar magnetic characteristics have also been discovered on the film with two phases grown on a MgAl{sub 2}O{sub 4}(001) substrate. In our opinion, considering the large magnetocrystalline anisotropy and shape anisotropy of the single crystal Mn{sub 3}O{sub 4} film reported in previous works, the special structures and phases of the two films result in both of them as soft+hard magnetic composites, in agreement with some other reports.
- OSTI ID:
- 22308971
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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