Synthesis and characterization of room-temperature ferromagnetism in Fe- and Ni-co-doped In2O3 |
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Authors: | Xing Li Changtai Xia Guangqing Pei Xiaoli He |
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Institution: | a Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jia Ding, Shanghai 201800, PR China b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, PR China c Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China |
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Abstract: | Observation of room-temperature ferromagnetism in Fe- and Ni-co-doped In2O3 samples (In0.9Fe0.1−xNix)2O3 (0?x?0.1) prepared by citric acid sol-gel auto-igniting method is reported. All of the samples with intermediate x values are ferromagnetic at room-temperature. The highest saturation magnetization (0.453 μB/Fe+Ni ions) moment is reached in the sample with x=0.04. The highest solubility of Fe and Ni ions in the In2O3 lattice is around 10 and 4 at%, respectively. The 10 at% Fe-doped sample is found to be weakly ferromagnetic, while the 10 at% Ni-doped sample is paramagnetic. Extensive structure including Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), magnetic and magneto-transport including Hall effects studies on the samples indicate the observed ferromagnetism is intrinsic rather than from the secondary impurity phases. |
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Keywords: | A Magnetic materials B Sol-gel growth C EXAFS D Magnetic properties |
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