Electronic and magnetic properties of (1 1 1)-oriented CoCr{sub 2}O{sub 4} epitaxial thin film
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 (United States)
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
We report on the fabrication of high quality (1 1 1)-oriented ferrimagnetic normal spinel CoCr{sub 2}O{sub 4} epitaxial thin films on single crystal Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} substrates. The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties were characterized by in-situ reflection high energy electron diffraction, atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, dc magnetization measurement, and element resolved resonant X-ray magnetic scattering. The comprehensive characterization reveals that no disorder in the cation distribution or multivalency issue is present in the samples. As a result, Kagomé and triangular layers are naturally formed via this specific growth approach. These findings offer a pathway to fabricate two dimensional Kagomé heterostructures with exotic quantum many-body phenomena by means of geometrical design.
- OSTI ID:
- 22311202
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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