Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
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Date of this Version
2017
Citation
AIP ADVANCES 8, 055815 (2018)
Abstract
The epsilon Fe2O3 phase of iron oxide has been studied to understand the spin structure and the magnetocrystalline anisotropy in the bulk and in thin films of ε-Fe2O3 and Co-doped ε-Fe2O3. The preferential magnetization direction in the nanoparticles of ε-Fe2O3 is along the a-axis [M. Gich et al., Chem. Mater. 18, 3889 (2006)]. Compared to the bulk band gap of 1.9 eV, the thin-film band gap is reduced to 1.3 eV in the Co-free films and to 0.7 eV in the film with partial Co substitution. The easy magnetization direction of the bulk and Co-free ε-Fe2O3 is along the a-axis, but it switches to the a-axis on Co substitution. All three systems exhibit in-plane anisotropies associated with the orthorhombic crystal structure of the oxide.
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007659