Defect and adsorbate induced ferromagnetic spin-order in magnesium oxide nanocrystallites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Kumar, Jitendra ^b   Priya, Shashank ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED HYDROGEN; ANIONIC VACANCIES; FERROMAGNETIC BEHAVIORS; MGO; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; POPULATION DENSITIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

NANOCRYSTALLITES;

EID: 84862074156     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4712058     Document Type: Article

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