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http://dx.doi.org/10.4283/JKMS.2007.17.2.051

Magnetic Properties of Cr-Doped Inverse Spinel Fe3O4 Thin Films  

Lee, Hee-Jung (Department of physics, Konkuk University)
Choi, Seung-Li (Department of physics, Konkuk University)
Lee, Jung-Han (Department of physics, Konkuk University)
Kim, Kwang-Joo (Department of physics, Konkuk University)
Choi, Dong-Hyeok (Department of Nano and Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Kim, Chul-Sung (Department of Nano and Electronic Physics, Kookmin University)
Abstract
By substituting Cr in inverse-spinel $Fe_3O_4,\;Cr_xFe_{3-x}O_4$ thin film samples were prepared by sol-gel spin-coating method and their structural electronic, and magnetic properties were analyzed. X-ray diffraction indicates that the lattice constant decrease with increasing Cr composition (x). This result can be explained in terms of occupation of octahedral sites by $Cr^{3+}$ ions with smaller ionic radius than that of $Fe^{3+}$ Vibrating sample magnetometry measurements on the samples at room temperature revealed that saturation magnetization ($M_s$) decrease by Cr substitution, explainable by comparing spin magnetic moment among the related transition-metal ions. A decrease of magnetoresistence effect with x was observed, similar to that of $M_s$. The coercivity of the $Cr_xFe_{3-x}O_4$ films was found to increase with x, attributed to the increase of magnetic anisotropy by the existence of octahedral $Cr^{3+}(d^3)$.
Keywords
inverse spinel; substitution; saturation magnetization; magnetoresistance;
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