Synthesis and Optical Properties of Cobalt-Modified Titanium Oxide Films


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Properties of polycrystalline TiO2 films modified by magnetron sputtering of cobalt followed by pulsed photon-irradiation processing in air are investigated by methods of X-ray phase analysis, raster electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, magnetic force microscopy, and IR spectroscopy. Formation of a nanocrystalline (with a grain size of ~50 nm) film consisting of cobalt and titanium oxides the surface of which exhibits magnetic properties is established in the process of modification. The IR reflectance spectra obtained at different angles of incidence in the region between 500 and 600 cm–1 reveal the presence of two bands belonging to transverse modes (TO) and two corresponding bands belonging to the longitudinal modes (LO). These bands are indicative of formation of Co3О4 with spinel structure. Investigation of optical absorption suggests a predominant existence of phases characterized by direct interband transitions with energies of 1.43 and 1.83 eV for Co3O4, along with a transition with energy of 2.65 eV for cubic phase of CoO, in the films.

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V. A. Logacheva

Voronezh State University

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Email: kcmf@main.vsu.ru
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394018

A. N. Lukin

Voronezh State University

Email: kcmf@main.vsu.ru
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394018

N. N. Afonin

Voronezh State Pedagogical University

Email: kcmf@main.vsu.ru
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394043

O. V. Serbin

Voronezh State University

Email: kcmf@main.vsu.ru
Russian Federation, Voronezh, 394018

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