Ferromagnetism of undoped GaN mediated by through-bond spin polarization between nitrogen dangling bonds

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Jin, Hao ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Huang, Baibiao ^a   Whangbo, M H ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; FERROMAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC IONS; NON-POLAR SURFACES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISMS;

FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; VACANCIES;

DANGLING BONDS;

EID: 65449167968     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3123169     Document Type: Article

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