Fabrication and magnetic properties of highly oriented ZnO:Eu films by sol-gel process

Journal of Rare Earths

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 298-301

  Che, Ping ^a,b   Meng, Jian ^b   Ren, Lirong ^a   Guo, Lin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Europium ion; Magnetic property; Oriented growth; Rare earths; Zinc oxide film

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EUROPIUM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SOL-GELS; THERMOANALYSIS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; C-ORIENTATION CHARACTER; CURIE WEISS BEHAVIOR; EUROPIUM DOPED ZINC OXIDE FILM; ORIENTED GROWTH; SUSCEPTIBILITY; WURTZITE STRUCTURE;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 33846906995     PISSN: 10020721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(06)60113-0     Document Type: Article

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