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Title: Cr-doped TiO₂ Anatase- A Ferromagnetic Insulator

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics, 97:046103
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1846158· OSTI ID:15011270

Epitaxial ferromagnetic films of Cr-doped TiO₂ anatase (CrxTi₁-xO₂-x/₂) were grown on LaA1O3(001) using oxygen-plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Cr K-shell x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy shows that the formal oxidation state of Cr is +3 throughout the films with no evidence for either elemental Cr or half-metallic CrO₂. Cr is found to substitute for Ti in the lattice with uniform distribution throughout the doped region of the film. The Cr-doped anatase films exhibit room temperature ferromagnetism aligned in-plane with a saturation magnetization of ~0.6 µB/Cr atom.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
15011270
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-42652; JAPIAU; 400403809; TRN: US200506%%141
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, 97:046103, Vol. 97; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English