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Ferromagnetic behaviour of ZnO: The role of grain boundaries

Straumal, Boris B. 1; Protasova, Svetlana G.; Mazilkin, Andrei A. 1; Goering, Eberhard; Schütz, Gisela; Straumal, Petr B.; Baretzky, Brigitte 1
1 Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The possibility to attain ferromagnetic properties in transparent semiconductor oxides such as ZnO is very promising for future spintronic applications. We demonstrate in this review that ferromagnetism is not an intrinsic property of the ZnO crystalline lattice but is that of ZnO/ZnO grain boundaries. If a ZnO polycrystal contains enough grain boundaries, it can transform into the ferromagnetic state even without doping with “magnetic atoms” such as Mn, Co, Fe or Ni. However, such doping facilitates the appearance of ferromagnetism in ZnO. It increases the saturation magnetisation and decreases the critical amount of grain boundaries needed for FM. A drastic increase of the total solubility of dopants in ZnO with decreasing grain size has been also observed. It is explained by the multilayer grain boundary segregation.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000068862
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.185
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2016
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2190-4286
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-688622
KITopen-ID: 1000068862
HGF-Programm 43.22.01 (POF III, LK 01) Functionality by Design
Erschienen in Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
Verlag Beilstein-Institut
Band 7
Heft 1
Seiten 1936-1947
Schlagwörter ferromagnetism, grain boundaries, zinc(II) oxide (ZnO)
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