Enhanced ferromagnetism in grain boundary of Co-doped ZnO films: A magnetic force microscopy study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Lin, M N ^a   Hsu, H S ^a   Lai, J Y ^a   Guo, M C ^a   Lin, C Y ^a   Li, G Y ^a   Chen, F Y ^a   Huang, J J ^a   Chen, S F ^b   Liu, C P ^b   Huang, J C A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO IONS; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPED ZNO; DILUTED MAGNETIC OXIDE; GRAIN STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IMAGING; PURE ZNO;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FERROMAGNETISM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METALLIC FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ZINC OXIDE;

COBALT;

EID: 79959423097     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3593384     Document Type: Article

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