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Surface physical property of the CrO2 thin films prepared using a closed chemical vapor deposition method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2012

Y. Muraoka ,
S. Yoshida ,
T. Wakita ,
M. Hirai  and
T. Yokoya
Y. Muraoka
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan Faculty of Science, Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Tsushima, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
S. Yoshida
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
T. Wakita
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
M. Hirai
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan Faculty of Science, Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Tsushima, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
T. Yokoya
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan Faculty of Science, Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Tsushima, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Abstract

We have examined the intrinsic surface physical property of a CrO2 thin film by means of surface sensitive photoemission spectroscopy. Epitaxial thin film of CrO2(100) has been grown on TiO2(100) by a closed chemical vapor deposition method using a Cr8O21 precursor. Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) observations find that epitaxial growth of rutile-phase CrO2 occurs to the top monolayer of the film. Surface sensitive x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) measurements show a finite intensity in the region of the Fermi energy. The result evidences that the physical nature of near topmost layer of CrO2 thin film is metallic. Progress of understanding of the surface physical property of CrO2 thin film helps not only perform a reliable photoemission study to understand the physics of ferromagnetic metal in CrO2, but also develop the CrO2-based devices using a half-metallic nature for spintronics applications.

Keywords

chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (deposition)thin filmx-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1406: Symposium Z – Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures , 2012 , mrsf11-1406-z05-12
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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