Ferromagnetism carried by highly delocalized hybrid states in Sc-doped ZnO thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Benali Kanoun, Mohammed ^a   Goumri Said, Souraya ^a   Manchon, Aurélien ^a   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

D ORBITALS; DELOCALIZED STATE; DOPED ZNO THIN FILMS; HYBRID STATE; SUBSURFACE LAYER; TRANSITION METAL DOPING; ZNO THIN FILM;

METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; TRANSITION METALS;

SCANDIUM;

EID: 84862127511     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4721807     Document Type: Article

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