Abstract

The magnetic characteristics of dilute Fe-doped SrTiO3 ceramics are studied. The room-temperature ferromagnetism (with transition temperature around 650 K) is successfully realized in Sr0.98Ti0.9Fe0.1O3−δ and Sr0.98Ti0.92Fe0.1O3−δ ceramics. It is found that a fine-tuning of the components could alter the substitution sites of Fe ions and in-turn modulates the magnetism of the material. A systematic analysis reveals that the co-substitution of Fe ions at nonequivalent A and B sites in ABO3 type perovskites is in favor of the ferromagnetism, which could be attributed to the mixed-valence-states of Fe ions and the variation of exchange interactions. This work provides an innovation for the induction and control of ferromagnetism in dilute magnetic materials.

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