Dimensional effects on the structure and magnetic properties of GdMnO3 thin films

作者:Romaguera Barcelay Y; Agostinho Moreira J; Almeida A; Araujo J P; Perez de la Cruz J
来源:Materials Letters, 2012, 70: 167-170.
DOI:10.1016/j.matlet.2011.12.018

摘要

This work is addressed to studying GdMnO3 thin films, prepared by a chemical solution method on oriented Pt substrates. Alterations regarding structure and magnetic response of both ceramics and single crystals show that the behaviour of the as-prepared films can be understood by assuming a continuously changing of the in-plane stress state in the film induced by mechanical coupling with the substrate. The emerging of a ferromagnetic response in the thin films is a consequence of the structural deformations induced by matching both film and substrate during the growth process, which alters the balance between competitive antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interactions.

  • 出版日期2012-3-1