@article{Alvídrez-Lechuga_Holguín-Momaca_Santillán-Rodríguez_Matutes-Aquino_Olive-Méndez_2017, title={High-temperature dependence of low magnetization Mn5Ge3 phase formation of sputtered thin films}, volume={30}, url={https://superficiesyvacio.smctsm.org.mx/index.php/SyV/article/view/2017_syv30_1-040061}, DOI={10.47566/2017_syv30_1-040061}, abstractNote={We report on the high-temperature dependence of the Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>3</sub> phase formation on Ge(001). High substrate temperatures from 650 to 850 °C lead to the formation of the Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>3</sub> thin films with a low magnetization of ~250 kAm<sup>-1</sup>, which is an important characteristic for faster and low energy consumption of the switching of the magnetic orientation of magnetic thin films by spin-transfer torque. The highest temperature conducts to the formation of the Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>3</sub> phase with only a small amount of Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>2</sub> hexagonal clusters. Additionally, carbon doping of the Mn<sub>5</sub>Ge<sub>3</sub> sample grown at 750 °C exhibits an enhancement of the Curie temperature from 296 K to 390 K. The growth mechanism corresponds to a Volmer-Weber mode.}, number={4}, journal={Superficies y Vacío}, author={Alvídrez-Lechuga, Adriana and Holguín-Momaca, José T and Santillán-Rodríguez, Carlos Roberto and Matutes-Aquino, José Andrés and Olive-Méndez, Sion Federico}, year={2017}, month={Dec.}, pages={61-64} }