Orientation-dependent low field magnetic anomalies and roomerature spintronic material - Mn doped ZnO films by aerosol spray pyrolysis

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 579, Issue , 2013, Pages 484-494

  Nkosi, S S ^a,b   Kortidis, I ^c   Motaung, D E ^a   Malgas, G F ^a,d   Keartland, J ^b   Sideras Haddad, E ^b   Forbes, A ^a,b   Mwakikunga, B W ^a   Sinha Ray, S ^a   Kiriakidis, G ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Low field microwave absorption; Magnetic transition; Spintronics; Spray pyrolysis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FERROMAGNETISM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY; METALLIC FILMS; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; RED SHIFT; SPINTRONICS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AEROSOL SPRAY PYROLYSIS; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); LOW FIELD MICROWAVE ABSORPTIONS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; ORIENTATION DEPENDENT; SPINTRONIC MATERIALS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84884254308     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.06.090     Document Type: Article

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