Fe-B-Osystem thin films were fabricated by reactive rf sputtering from the composite targets of thin iron sheet and B
2O
3 tablets. The films are amber in color and have a high transmittance in the visible and the near infrared regions. Unfortunately, the exact identification of crystallographic structure of the films has not yet been succeeded. But judging from diffraction measurement, infrared absorption spectrum and SEM observation, the crystallographic structure of our samples seems to be close to polycrystalline ferric borate, FeBO
3, whose
c-axis is aligned perpendicular to the film plane. Saturation magnetization (4π
Ms=44G) is about one half of those reported for FeBO
3 single crystal. Surprising-ly, our samples exhibit ferroelectricity at room temperature, despite FeBO
3 by no means exhibits ferroelectricity. Saturation spontaneous polarization at room temperature (
Ps=0.57μC/cm
2) is more than twice that of Rochelle salt. Further we found that humidity plays an essential role for appearance of ferroelectricity. It is suggested that a hydrate formed by penetration of moisture into the films gives rise to ferroelectricity, since some zeolitic hydrates such as FeBO
3·
nH
2O are known in ferric borates.
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