Grain boundary ferromagnetism in vanadium-doped In${}_2$O${}_3$ thin films

Abstract

Room temperature ferromagnetism was observed in In${}_2$O${}_{3}thinfilmsdopedwith5at.$\,^{\circ}{\rm C}$.X-rayabsorptionfinestructuremeasurementindicatedthatvanadiumwassubstitutionallydissolvedintheIn$_2$O$_3$ host lattice, thus excluding the existence of secondary phases of vanadium compounds. Magnetic measurements based on SQUID magnetometry and magnetic circular dichroism confirm that the magnetism is at grain boundaries and also in the grains. The overall magnetization originates from the competing effects between grains and grain boundaries.

12 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, accepted by Europhysics Letters

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