Microstructural, magnetic and optical characterizations of nanocrystalline Zn 1-xMn xO dilute magnetic semiconductors synthesized by mechanical alloying

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 519, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-122

  Sain, S ^a   Bhattacharjee, J ^a,d   Mukherjee, M ^b   Das, D ^c   Pradhan, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^c UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^d TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic measurements; Microstructure; Nanostructured materials; TEM; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BALL-MILLED; BAND GAPS; DILUTE MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; HIGH ENERGY; MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; MN CONCENTRATIONS; MN IONS; MN-DOPED; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PEAK BROADENING; PLANETARY BALL MILL; RED SHIFT; RIETVELD STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISM; STOICHIOMETRIC MIXTURES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VALANCE STATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA; XPS MEASUREMENTS; ZNO; ZNO MATRIX;

BALL MILLS; CHARACTERIZATION; DIAMONDS; IONS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MANGANESE OXIDE; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MILLING (MACHINING); RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTING ANTIMONY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84856728065     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2011.12.132     Document Type: Article

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