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Type: | Artigo |
Title: | Magnetic moment of Fe3O4 films with thicknesses near the unit-cell size |
Author: | Gomes, G. F. M. Bueno, T. E. P. Parreiras, D. E. Abreu, G. J. P. Siervo, A. de Cezar, J. C. Pfannes, H. D. Paniago, R. |
Abstract: | We perform a systematic study on the evolution of the magnetic spin moment (ms) of epitaxial [100]- and [111]-magnetite films of increasing thickness. The ultrathin films are characterized by low-energy electron diffraction, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). By employing sum rules on the XMCD spectra we obtain ms=3.6 μB/f.u. for samples of around 35 Å. This is considered a bulk value and has been reported only for films more than 10 times thicker. Moreover, we show that even 10-Å-thick magnetite already presents a significant magnetic moment. For both grown directions the moment increases similarly with the thickness. The ferromagnetic behavior for each iron ion site (Feocta2+, Feocta3+, Fetetra3+) of Fe3O4 is measured by monitoring XMCD peaks. The deduced hysteresis curves (per ion, per site) exhibit a coercive field of 300 Oe. Our results show that both the ferrimagnetic order and the bulk moment value are preserved at room temperature around the thickness of 2 unit cells. We perform a systematic study on the evolution of the magnetic spin moment (ms) of epitaxial [100]- and [111]-magnetite films of increasing thickness. The ultrathin films are characterized by low-energy electron diffraction, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). By employing sum rules on the XMCD spectra we obtain ms=3.6 μB/f.u. for samples of around 35 Å. This is considered a bulk value and has been reported only for films more than 10 times thicker. Moreover, we show that even 10-Å-thick magnetite already presents a significant magnetic moment. For both grown directions the moment increases similarly with the thickness. The ferromagnetic behavior for each iron ion site (Feocta2+, Feocta3+, Fetetra3+) of Fe3O4 is measured by monitoring XMCD peaks. The deduced hysteresis curves (per ion, per site) exhibit a coercive field of 300 Oe. Our results show that both the ferrimagnetic order and the bulk moment value are preserved at room temperature around the thickness of 2 unit cells. We perform a systematic study on the evolution of the magnetic spin moment (ms) of epitaxial [100]- and [111]-magnetite films of increasing thickness. The ultrathin films are characterized by low-energy electron diffraction, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). By employing sum rules on the XMCD spectra we obtain ms=3.6 μB/f.u. for samples of around 35 Å. This is considered a bulk value and has been reported only for films more than 10 times thicker. Moreover, we show that even 10-Å-thick magnetite already presents a significant magnetic moment. For both grown directions the moment increases similarly with the thickness. The ferromagnetic behavior for each iron ion site (Feocta2+, Feocta3+, Fetetra3+) of Fe3O4 is measured by monitoring XMCD peaks. The deduced hysteresis curves (per ion, per site) exhibit a coercive field of 300 Oe. Our results show that both the ferrimagnetic order and the bulk moment value are preserved at room temperature around the thickness of 2 unit cells. |
Subject: | Ferro Filmes ultra-finos Espectroscopia de raio X |
Country: | Estados Unidos |
Editor: | American Physical Society |
Citation: | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter And Materials Physics. American Physical Society, v. 90, n. 13, p. - , 2014. |
Rights: | aberto |
Identifier DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134422 |
Address: | https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134422 |
Date Issue: | 2014 |
Appears in Collections: | IFGW - Artigos e Outros Documentos |
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