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Structural and magnetic properties of iron oxides in co-sputtered granularthin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2000

N. Randrianantoandro
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de l'État Condensé, UPRESA CNRS 6087, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 09, France
P. Laffez
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de l'État Condensé, UPRESA CNRS 6087, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 09, France
C. Sella
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique des Solides, UMR 7601 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
J. M. Greneche*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique de l'État Condensé, UPRESA CNRS 6087, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 09, France
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Abstract

Granular Fe-V2O5 thin films with different iron concentrations prepared by means of radiofrequency magnetron co-sputtering technique were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy and 57Fe Mössbauer spectrometry as a function of iron concentration. A common experimental feature reveals that a percolation-like threshold occurs at around 23−25% atomic Fe. Below such a critical value, the co-sputtering process favours the presence of ultrafine amorphous oxide grains with sizes lower than 10 nm embedded in a vanadium oxide matrix. Above, one clearly observes the presence of fine grains (sizes comprised between 10−100 nm) composed of either hematite or maghemite phases dispersed in the same matrix, the set displaying a magnetic order at room temperature.

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© EDP Sciences, 2000

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