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Investigation of structural and magnetic characteristic of pure and M-doped (M: Fe and Cu) MoS2 thin films

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In this study, structural and magnetic properties of pure and M-doped MoS2 (M: Fe and Cu) thin film were investigated. Two-step film growing process were used to create a thin film which are (i) spin coating and (ii) thermal decomposition. Raman spectroscopy results indicate that two characteristic vibration modes of \({E}_{2 g}^{1}\) (in-plane) and \({A}_{1 g}\) (out-of-plane) 2H MoS2 were observed in all samples. The surface morphology of samples studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images shows that MoS2 crystals formed a back-to-back triangle shape. However, the triangle-shaped grains transform to nanorods when M is doped into the MoS2. Pure and Fe-doped samples show magnetic transition temperatures at ∼247 and 95.5 K, respectively. In constrast, the Cu-doped sample shows strong diamagnetic characteristics in measurements. In addition, the magnetization values increase with the introduction of the Fe atoms into the main structure. According to the magnetic hysteresis curves of samples, pure and Fe-doped samples show ferromagnetic characteristics, while the Cu-doped sample shows weak magnetic characteristics in both 5 and 300 K.

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This work is supported by the Çukurova University Scientific Research Council under Project No. FAY-2020-12933.

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    Burak Kıvrak

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    Burak Kıvrak & Mustafa Akyol

  3. Department of Physics, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey

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Kıvrak, B., Akyol, M. & Ekicibil, A. Investigation of structural and magnetic characteristic of pure and M-doped (M: Fe and Cu) MoS2 thin films. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 16574–16585 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08549-3

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