Characterizations of ferromagnetic Zn1-xCoxO thin films grown on Al2O3 (0001) by reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering coupled with post-growth annealing

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2864-2871

  Choi, Chul Hwan ^a   Kim, Seon Hyo ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Annealing; Co doped zinc oxide; Diluted magnetic semiconductors; Sputtering; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; FILM GROWTH; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CO-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; EMISSION PEAKS; POST ANNEALING TREATMENT; SPINTRONIC DEVICES;

FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 33845951684     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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