X-ray Anomalous Scattering of Diluted Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors: Possible Evidence of Lattice Deformation for High Temperature Ferromagnetism

Abstract

We have examined whether the Co ions crystallographically substitute on the Ti sites in rutile and anatase Ti_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$O$_{2-delta}$thinfilmsthatexhibitroom-temperatureferromagnetism.Intensitiesofthex-rayBraggreflectionfromthefilmsweremeasuredaroundthe$K$-absorption-edgeofCo.IftheCoionsrandomlysubstituteontheTisites,theintensityshouldexhibitananomalyduetotheanomalousdispersionoftheatomicscatteringfactorofCo.However,noneoftheanataseandrutilesamplesdidexhibitananomaly,unambiguouslyshowingthattheCoionsinTi$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$O$_{2-delta}$arenotexactlylocatedattheTisitesofTiO$_2$.TheabsenceoftheanomalyisprobablycausedbyasignificantdeformationofthelocalstructurearoundCoduetotheoxygenvacancy.WehaveappliedthesamemethodtoparamagneticZn$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$O thin films and obtained direct evidence that the Co ions are indeed substituted on the Zn sites.

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• Role of charge carriers for ferromagnetism in cobalt-doped rutile TiO2