Grain boundary ferromagnetism in vanadium-doped In sub( 2)O sub( 3) thin films

• Published in: Europhysics letters Vol. 103; no. 6; p. 1
• Main Authors: Feng, Qi, Blythe, Harry J, Fox, A Mark, Qin, Xiu-Fang, Xu, Xiao-Hong, Heald, Steve M, Gehring, Gillian A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Deposition; Ferromagnetism; Grain boundaries; Grains; Magnetization; Phases; Thin films; X-rays

Room temperature ferromagnetism was observed in In sub( 2)O sub( 3) thin films doped with 5 at .% V, prepared by pulsed-laser deposition at substrate temperatures ranging from 300 degree Celsius to 600 degree Celsius. X-ray absorption fine-structure measurement indicated that V was substitutionally...