Strong room temperature magnetism in highly resistive strained thin films of BiFe0.5Mn0.5O3

We report highly resistive strongly ferromagnetic strained thin (∼30 nm) films of BiFe0.5Mn0.5O3 (BFMO) grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrates using pulsed laser deposition. The films are tetragonal with high epitaxial quality and phase-purity. The magnetic moment and coercivity values at room temperature...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2011-01, Vol.98 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Choi, E.-M., Patnaik, S., Weal, E., Sahonta, S.-L., Wang, H., Bi, Z., Xiong, J., Blamire, M. G., Jia, Q. X., MacManus-Driscoll, J. L.
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Zusammenfassung:We report highly resistive strongly ferromagnetic strained thin (∼30 nm) films of BiFe0.5Mn0.5O3 (BFMO) grown on (001) SrTiO3 substrates using pulsed laser deposition. The films are tetragonal with high epitaxial quality and phase-purity. The magnetic moment and coercivity values at room temperature are 90 emu/cc (0.58μB/B-site ion) at H=3 kOe and 274 Oe, respectively. The magnetic transition temperature is strongly enhanced up to ∼600 K, which is ∼500 K higher than for pure bulk BiMnO3. Strained BFMO is a potential room temperature spin filter material for magnetic tunnel devices.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.3540683