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Transparent ferromagnetic and semiconducting behavior in Fe-Dy-Tb based amorphous oxide films.

ABSTRACT: We report a class of amorphous thin film material comprising of transition (Fe) and Lanthanide metals (Dy and Tb) that show unique combination of functional properties. Films were deposited with different atomic weight ratio (R) of Fe to Lanthanide (Dy?+?Tb) using electron beam co-evaporation at room temperature. The films were found to be amorphous, with grazing incidence x-ray diffraction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies indicating that the films were largely oxidized with a majority of the metal being in higher oxidation states. Films with R?=?0.6 were semiconducting with visible light transmission due to a direct optical band-gap (2.49?eV), had low resistivity and sheet resistance (7.15?×?10(-4)??-cm and ~200??/sq respectively), and showed room temperature ferromagnetism. A metal to semiconductor transition with composition (for R?

SUBMITTER: Taz H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4906280 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

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Transparent ferromagnetic and semiconducting behavior in Fe-Dy-Tb based amorphous oxide films.

Taz H H Sakthivel T T Yamoah N K NK Carr C C Kumar D D Seal S S Kalyanaraman R R

Scientific reports 20160614

We report a class of amorphous thin film material comprising of transition (Fe) and Lanthanide metals (Dy and Tb) that show unique combination of functional properties. Films were deposited with different atomic weight ratio (R) of Fe to Lanthanide (Dy + Tb) using electron beam co-evaporation at room temperature. The films were found to be amorphous, with grazing incidence x-ray diffraction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies indicating that the films were largely oxidized with a majori ...[more]

PMID: 27298196

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