We present a magnetic characterisation of MnAs films grown by MOVPE on semiconductor substrates, for comparing the effect of thickness and substrate on their magnetic and magneto-thermal properties, with particular focus on the nature of the magneto-structural transition between the ferromagnetic hexagonal α-phase and the paramagnetic orthorhombic β-phase. The nature of this transformation depends on the presence of strain and turns out to be of second-order type for epitaxial–crystalline MnAs/(0 0 1)GaAs films and closer to a first-order type for polycrystalline MnAs/SiO2/Si films. The magnetocaloric effect at the transition has been estimated for thin film samples, resulting appreciably lower than that of bulk MnAs.

Magnetic analysis of MnAs films grown on GaAs and Si substrates for potential spintronics and magnetocaloric applications / Solzi, Massimo; Pernechele, Chiara; Ghidini, Massimo; M., Natali; M., Bolzan. - In: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS. - ISSN 0304-8853. - 322:(2010), pp. 1565-1568. [10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.09.013]

Magnetic analysis of MnAs films grown on GaAs and Si substrates for potential spintronics and magnetocaloric applications

SOLZI, Massimo;PERNECHELE, Chiara;GHIDINI, Massimo;
2010-01-01

Abstract

We present a magnetic characterisation of MnAs films grown by MOVPE on semiconductor substrates, for comparing the effect of thickness and substrate on their magnetic and magneto-thermal properties, with particular focus on the nature of the magneto-structural transition between the ferromagnetic hexagonal α-phase and the paramagnetic orthorhombic β-phase. The nature of this transformation depends on the presence of strain and turns out to be of second-order type for epitaxial–crystalline MnAs/(0 0 1)GaAs films and closer to a first-order type for polycrystalline MnAs/SiO2/Si films. The magnetocaloric effect at the transition has been estimated for thin film samples, resulting appreciably lower than that of bulk MnAs.
2010
Magnetic analysis of MnAs films grown on GaAs and Si substrates for potential spintronics and magnetocaloric applications / Solzi, Massimo; Pernechele, Chiara; Ghidini, Massimo; M., Natali; M., Bolzan. - In: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS. - ISSN 0304-8853. - 322:(2010), pp. 1565-1568. [10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.09.013]
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