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Recently, it has been demonstrated that high quality (001)-oriented Cr\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    Te\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy can be grown on\n                    <jats:italic>c<\/jats:italic>\n                    -plane sapphire substrate. Here, we present a magnetic and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the chemical and magnetic properties of Cr\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    Te\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    thin films. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measured at the Cr\n                    <jats:italic>L<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>2,3<\/jats:sub>\n                    edges gives information about the local electronic and magnetic structure of the Cr ions. We further demonstrate the overgrowth of Cr\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    Te\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    (001) thin films by high-quality Cr-doped Sb\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    Te\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    films. The magnetic properties of the layers have been characterized and our results provide a starting point for refining the physical models of the complex magnetic ordering in Cr\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    Te\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    thin films, and their integration into advanced MTI heterostructures for quantum device applications.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-019-47265-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,25]],"date-time":"2019-07-25T06:02:44Z","timestamp":1564034564000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Cr2Te3 Thin Films for Integration in Magnetic Topological Insulator Heterostructures"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7540-1616","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"D. 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