Epitaxial ferromagnetic Mn5Ge3 on Ge(111)

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Zeng, CG [1 ]
Erwin, SC
Feldman, LC
Li, AP
Jin, R
Song, Y
Thompson, JR
Weitering, HH
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[1] Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
[2] USN, Res Lab, Ctr Computat Mat Sci, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[3] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[4] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Condensed Matter Sci Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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10.1063/1.1633684
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Ferromagnetic Mn5Ge3 thin films were grown on Ge(111) with solid-phase epitaxy. The epitaxial relationship between the alloy film and substrate is Mn5Ge3(001)//Ge(111) with [100](Mn5)Ge-3//[1 (1) over bar0](Ge). The alloy films exhibit metallic conductivity and strong ferromagnetism up to the Curie temperature, T-C=296 K. These epitaxial alloy films are promising candidates for germanium-based spintronics. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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