magnetron co-sputtering. Polycrystalline thin films were obtained at a substrate temperature
of 353 K. X-ray diffractometry was used to identify the tetragonal MnGe 2 phase (space
group I4/mcm). Measurements of the magnetic field and temperature dependence of the
magnetization revealed that the MnGe 2 thin films are ferromagnetic with a magnetization of
280 kAm− 1 and a Curie temperature of 62 K. Additionally, an antiferromagnetic component …