Ferromagnetic semiconductors: Moving beyond (Ga,Mn)As

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Macdonald, A H ^a   Schiffer, P ^b   Samarth, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; FERROMAGNETISM; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MAGNETIZATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OPTIMIZATION; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CARRIER SPIN POLARIZATION; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS (DMS); ELECTRICAL MANIPULATION; ELECTRICAL SIGNALS; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SPINTRONIC DEVICES;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 14744303757     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1325     Document Type: Review

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