Bommanaboyena, S. P. and Mueller, C. and Jarosova, M. and Wolk, K. and Telkamp, S. and Zeng, P. and Krizek, F. and Uchimura, T. and Badura, A. and Olejnik, K. and Scheffler, D. and Beranova, K. and Banerjee, S. and Ledinsky, M. and Reichlova, H. and Jungwirth, T. and Horak, L. and Kriegner, D. (2025) Single-crystalline CrSb(0001) thin films grown by dc magnetron co-sputtering. PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS, 9 (6): 064402. ISSN 2475-9953,
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The recent discovery of altermagnetism has sparked renewed interest in the growth of epitaxial films of the NiAs-phase polymorph of CrSb. This paper describes the magnetron sputtering-based fabrication and characterization of high-quality single crystalline CrSb(0001) thin films supported by an isostructural nonmagnetic PtSb buffer. X-ray diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscopy show that the films are phase pure and possess a very high crystalline quality (mosaicity 0.05 degrees), while also being free of extended crystallographic defects. Both scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy confirm their smooth and homogeneous topography. Additionally, the elemental composition of our films was found to be close to stoichiometric via electron probe microanalysis and x-ray fluorescence. Thus, the developed samples represent an ideal platform for further investigation of the material properties of CrSb.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY; MNSB; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2026 05:31 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2026 05:31 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/67667 |
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