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Title: Structure, Magnetism and Conductivity in Epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 Hematite: Experiment and density functional theory calculations.

Abstract

We explore the feasibility of growing epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 in which Ti(IV) substitutes for Fe(III) preferentially in one magnetic sublattice, but not the other. Such a structure has been predicted by first-principles theory to be energetically likely, and is expected to yield interesting and useful magnetic and electronic properties. However, we find that a majority of Ti dopants disperse and occupy random cation sites in both magnetic sublattices. Density functional theory predicts that the magnetically ordered and magnetically random structures are nearly isoenergetic.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
908939
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-48675
Journal ID: ISSN 0163-1829; PRBMDO; 13492; TRN: US200722%%822
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; HEMATITE; MAGNETISM; EPITAXY; TITANIUM; DOPED MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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Droubay, Timothy C., Rosso, Kevin M., Heald, Steve M., Mccready, David E., Wang, Chong M., and Chambers, Scott A.. Structure, Magnetism and Conductivity in Epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 Hematite: Experiment and density functional theory calculations.. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104412.
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Droubay, Timothy C., Rosso, Kevin M., Heald, Steve M., Mccready, David E., Wang, Chong M., & Chambers, Scott A.. Structure, Magnetism and Conductivity in Epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 Hematite: Experiment and density functional theory calculations.. United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104412.
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Droubay, Timothy C., Rosso, Kevin M., Heald, Steve M., Mccready, David E., Wang, Chong M., and Chambers, Scott A.. Fri . "Structure, Magnetism and Conductivity in Epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 Hematite: Experiment and density functional theory calculations.". United States. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104412.
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@article{osti_908939,
title = {Structure, Magnetism and Conductivity in Epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 Hematite: Experiment and density functional theory calculations.},
author = {Droubay, Timothy C. and Rosso, Kevin M. and Heald, Steve M. and Mccready, David E. and Wang, Chong M. and Chambers, Scott A.},
abstractNote = {We explore the feasibility of growing epitaxial Ti-doped -Fe2O3 in which Ti(IV) substitutes for Fe(III) preferentially in one magnetic sublattice, but not the other. Such a structure has been predicted by first-principles theory to be energetically likely, and is expected to yield interesting and useful magnetic and electronic properties. However, we find that a majority of Ti dopants disperse and occupy random cation sites in both magnetic sublattices. Density functional theory predicts that the magnetically ordered and magnetically random structures are nearly isoenergetic.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104412},
journal = {Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter},
number = 10,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Fri Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}
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