Influence of microstructure on room temperature ferromagnetism in Ni implanted nanodimensional ZnO films

B. Pandey, S. Ghosh, P. Srivastava, P. Kumar, D. Kanjilal

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Abstract

Room temperature ferromagnetism (RT-FM) is observed in ZnO/Si thin films on implantation of 200 keV Ni2+ ions at fluences of 6× 10 15, 8× 1015, and 2× 1016 ions/ cm2. RT-FM observed without any preheat or postheat treatment is studied by alternating gradient magnetometry. The average grain size, oxygen vacancies, and charge carrier concentration are found to be maximum in the film implanted at fluence of 8× 1015 ions/ cm2, which also shows maximum saturation magnetization (Ms). In all implanted films no extra crystalline phase (apart from ZnO) is observed. Exchange interaction between the charge carriers generated due to thermal effects of ion implantation and the localized spins of Ni is considered as main reason behind RT-FM. The effect of microstructure of the films on exchange interaction and hence on RT-FM properties is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033909
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume105
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We are thankful to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi for providing us experimental facilities. Financial support from Department of Science and Technology (DST) and University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi is gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge Data Storage Institute (DSI), Singapore for AGM measurements.

Funding

We are thankful to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi for providing us experimental facilities. Financial support from Department of Science and Technology (DST) and University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi is gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge Data Storage Institute (DSI), Singapore for AGM measurements.

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Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
University Grants Commission

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