INIFTA 05425
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICO-QUIMICAS TEORICAS Y APLICADAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Extrinsic origin of ferromagnetism in single crystalline LaAlO3 substrates and oxide films
Autor/es:
F. GOLMAR; A.M. MUDARA NAVARRO; C.E. RODRIGUEZ TORRES; F.H. SANCHEZ; F.D. SACCONE; P.C. DOS SANTOS CLARO; G. BENITEZ; P.L. SCHILARDI
Revista:
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Editorial:
American Institute of Physics
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 92 p. 262503 - 262505
ISSN:
0003-6951
Resumen:
Commercial LaAlO3 substrates were thermally cycled simulating a procedure similar to those followed during TiO2 and SnO2 dilute magnetic semiconductors film pulsed laser deposition. Ferromagneticlike behavior was found in some substrates, in which metallic iron impurities were detected by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and total reflection x-ray fluorescence measurements. A thorough experimental investigation, using high resolution techniques, showed that these impurities were introduced by the procedure used to fix the substrates to the oven silicon holders. It is suggested that magnetism observed previously in nominally pure SnO2 films is of extrinsic origin.
