Structure and magnetism of MnGe thin films grown with a nonmagnetic CrSi template

B. D. MacNeil, J. S. R. McCoombs, D. Kalliecharan +7

We report a method to grow B20 MnGe thin films using molecular-beam epitaxy, which employs an ultrathin CrSi template layer on Si(111). This layer is expected to be nonmagnetic, in…