Enhanced ferromagnetic response in ZnO:Mn thin films by tailoring composition and defect concentration

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 344, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-175

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Defect; Magnetism; Optical property; Spintronics; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DEFECTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MANGANESE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; MAGNETOOPTICAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OXYGEN AMBIENT PRESSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISM (RTFM);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84885168334     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2013.05.040     Document Type: Article

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