Magnetic Mn5Ge3 nanocrystals embedded in crystalline Ge: A magnet/semiconductor hybrid synthesized by ion implantation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Zhou, Shengqiang ^a   Zhang, Wenxu ^b   Shalimov, Artem ^a   Wang, Yutian ^a,c   Huang, Zhisuo ^b   Buerger, Danilo ^a   Mücklich, Arndt ^a   Zhang, Wanli ^b   Schmidt, Heidemarie ^d   Helm, Manfred ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion implantation; Magnetic nanocrystals; Magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GERMANIUM; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYBRID SYSTEMS; ION IMPLANTATION; IONS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NANOCRYSTALS;

CRYSTALLINE GE; INHOMOGENEITIES; ION IMPLANTATION AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC NANOCRYSTALS; POSITIVE MAGNETORESISTANCE; SPIN INJECTION; VARIABLE SIZES;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84870984925     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-528     Document Type: Article

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