Defects induced room temperature ferromagnetism in ZnO thin films

Advances in Condensed Matter Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xinghua ^a   Xu, Xuewen ^a   Meng, Fanbin ^a   Tang, C C ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84897769895     PISSN: 16878108     EISSN: 16878124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/806327     Document Type: Article

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