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Unravelling the local crystallographic structure of ferromagnetic $$\gamma '$$ γ ′ - $$\hbox {Ga}_y \hbox {Fe}_{4-y}$$ Ga y Fe 4 - y N nanocrystals embedded in GaN

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العنوان: Unravelling the local crystallographic structure of ferromagnetic $$\gamma '$$ γ ′ - $$\hbox {Ga}_y \hbox {Fe}_{4-y}$$ Ga y Fe 4 - y N nanocrystals embedded in GaN
المؤلفون: Andrea Navarro-Quezada, Katarzyna Gas, Anna Spindlberger, Fahim Karimi, Maciej Sawicki, Gianluca Ciatto, Alberta Bonanni
المصدر: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Nature Portfolio, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Abstract In the Fe-doped GaN phase-separated magnetic semiconductor Ga $$\delta $$ δ FeN, the presence of embedded $$\gamma '$$ γ ′ - $$\hbox {Ga}_y \hbox {Fe}_{4-y}$$ Ga y Fe 4 - y N nanocrystals determines the magnetic properties of the system. Here, through a combination of anomalous X-ray diffraction and diffraction anomalous fine structure, the local structure of Ga in self-assembled face-centered cubic (fcc) $$\gamma '$$ γ ′ - $$\hbox {Ga}_y \hbox {Fe}_{4-y}$$ Ga y Fe 4 - y N nanocrystals embedded in wurtzite GaN thin layers is investigated in order to shed light onto the correlation between fabrication parameters, local structural arrangement and overall magnetic properties of the material system. It is found, that by adjusting the growth parameters and thus, the crystallographic surroundings, the Ga atoms can be induced to incorporate into 3c positions at the faces of the fcc crystal lattice, reaching a maximum occupancy of 30%. The magnetic response of the embedded nanocrystals is ferromagnetic with Curie temperature increasing from 450 to 500 K with the Ga occupation. These results demonstrate the outstanding potential of the employed experimental protocol for unravelling the local structure of magnetic multi-phase systems, even when embedded in a matrix containing the same element under investigation.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2045-2322
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82380-4
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/9c3bdd97e2614d10a6452bfa8099a85d
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.9c3bdd97e2614d10a6452bfa8099a85d
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-82380-4