Ferromagnetism is investigated in high-quality Cu-doped A1 N single crystal whiskers.The whiskers exhibit roomtemperature ferromagnetism with a magnetic moment close to the results from first-principles calculations.H...Ferromagnetism is investigated in high-quality Cu-doped A1 N single crystal whiskers.The whiskers exhibit roomtemperature ferromagnetism with a magnetic moment close to the results from first-principles calculations.High crystallinity and low Cu concentrations are found to be indispensable for high magnetic moments.The difference between the experimental and theoretical moment values is explored in terms of the influence of nitrogen vacancies.The calculated results demonstrate that nitrogen vacancies can reduce the magnetic moments of Cu atom.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB932901)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51372267,51210105026,and 51172270)+1 种基金the Funds from the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the International Centre for Diffraction Data,USA(2013 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award)the Funds from the Ministry of Education of China(2012 Academic Scholarship Award for Doctoral Candidates)
文摘Ferromagnetism is investigated in high-quality Cu-doped A1 N single crystal whiskers.The whiskers exhibit roomtemperature ferromagnetism with a magnetic moment close to the results from first-principles calculations.High crystallinity and low Cu concentrations are found to be indispensable for high magnetic moments.The difference between the experimental and theoretical moment values is explored in terms of the influence of nitrogen vacancies.The calculated results demonstrate that nitrogen vacancies can reduce the magnetic moments of Cu atom.