Abstract
-ray diffraction analysis and high-resolution electron microscopy of BiFeO(3) films prepared by dc magnetron sputtering on single-crystal LaAlO(3) (001) substrates reveal that the films have a highly c-oriented orthorhombic crystalline structure. The magnetic properties of the BiFeO3 films are typical of ensembles of interacting superparamagnetic clusters, rather than Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya weak ferromagnets. The appearance of extrinsic nanoscale superparamagnetic clusters is explained by an oxygen deficiency in certain regions of the film, where ferromagnetic ordering can be realized through a double-exchange Zener mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-133 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Low Temperature Physics |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- CWTS JFIS < 0.75
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