Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Transparent Transition Metal-Doped Titanium Dioxide

Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Transparent Transition Metal-Doped Titanium Dioxide

11 January 2001 | Yuji Matsumoto, Makoto Murakami, Tomoji Shono, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Tomoteru Fukumura, Masashi Kawasaki, Parhat Ahmet, Toyohiro Chikyow, Shinya Koshihara, Hideomi Koinuma
The study reports the observation of room temperature ferromagnetism in transparent anatase TiO2 thin films doped with cobalt (Co) at concentrations ranging from 0 to 8%. Using a combinatorial screening approach, the researchers fabricated a library of Ti1-xCoxO2 films on LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 substrates. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy confirmed the homogeneous distribution of Co up to x=0.08, with no signs of impurity segregation. Magnetic microscopy images revealed magnetic domain structures in the films, indicating long-range ferromagnetic ordering. The films exhibited a spontaneous magnetic moment of 0.32 Bohr magnetons per Co atom and remained ferromagnetic above room temperature. Additionally, the films showed a positive magnetoresistance of up to 60% at 2K. The optical properties of the films were excellent, maintaining transparency in the visible and near-infrared regions, and the films exhibited a band gap at 400nm. The findings suggest that the ferromagnetism is due to the local spins of Co ions, and the underlying microscopic mechanism of long-range order remains a topic of further investigation.The study reports the observation of room temperature ferromagnetism in transparent anatase TiO2 thin films doped with cobalt (Co) at concentrations ranging from 0 to 8%. Using a combinatorial screening approach, the researchers fabricated a library of Ti1-xCoxO2 films on LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 substrates. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy confirmed the homogeneous distribution of Co up to x=0.08, with no signs of impurity segregation. Magnetic microscopy images revealed magnetic domain structures in the films, indicating long-range ferromagnetic ordering. The films exhibited a spontaneous magnetic moment of 0.32 Bohr magnetons per Co atom and remained ferromagnetic above room temperature. Additionally, the films showed a positive magnetoresistance of up to 60% at 2K. The optical properties of the films were excellent, maintaining transparency in the visible and near-infrared regions, and the films exhibited a band gap at 400nm. The findings suggest that the ferromagnetism is due to the local spins of Co ions, and the underlying microscopic mechanism of long-range order remains a topic of further investigation.
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