Controlled fabrication of artificial ferromagnetic (Fe,Mn)3O4 nanowall-wires by a three-dimensional nanotemplate pulsed laser deposition method

We have developed a new method to fabricate extremely small transition-metal oxide nanowires. Using a combination of nanoimprint template patterning and inclined substrate pulsed laser deposition, we successfully fabricated magnetic oxide Fe(2.5)Mn(0.5)O(4) nanowall-wires, and controlled the width in a range from 120 nm down to about 20 nm by varying deposition parameters. Magnetoresistance measurements revealed ferromagnetic properties of the Fe(2.5)Mn(0.5)O(4) nanowall-wire. This method enables the study of mesoscopic transport properties of transition-metal oxides towards the development of oxide-based nanodevices.

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