Alteration of Mn exchange coupling by oxygen interstitials in ZnO:Mn thin films

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6373-6378

  Ilyas, Usman ^a,b   Rawat, R S ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Tan, T L ^a   Lee, P ^a   Chen, R ^c   Sun, H D ^c   Li, Fengji ^d   Zhang, Sam ^d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS); Oxygen interstitials; Room temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM); Spin coating technique; ZnO:Mn thin films

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; FERROMAGNETISM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPIN COATING; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DEEP LEVEL EMISSION; DILUTE MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; FERROMAGNETIC ORDERINGS; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; IMPURITY PHASE; MN-DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; OXYGEN INTERSTITIALS; ROOM TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISM (RTFM);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84860252736     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.03.043     Document Type: Article

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