We prepare pure single-phase Co：ZnO powders introducing controllable interstitial Zni by Zn vapour annealing. The as-ground powder shows that no room-temperature ferromagnetism （RT-FM） exists, while the Zn vapour t...We prepare pure single-phase Co：ZnO powders introducing controllable interstitial Zni by Zn vapour annealing. The as-ground powder shows that no room-temperature ferromagnetism （RT-FM） exists, while the Zn vapour treated samples exhibit unambiguous RT-FM with a maximum magnetic moment of 0.2μB/Co. The FM of Co：ZnO strongly depends on the Zn diffusion process, suggesting that not only carriers but also Zni defects play an important role in mediating FM in diluted magnetic semiconductors. A new core-shell model is proposed to interpret the mixture behaviour of FM and paramagnetism observed in the Zn vapour annealed Co：ZnO powders.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 90306015, the National Basic Research Programme of China under Grant No 2007CB31407 and the International S＆T Cooperation Programme of China under Grant No 2006DFA53410.
文摘We prepare pure single-phase Co：ZnO powders introducing controllable interstitial Zni by Zn vapour annealing. The as-ground powder shows that no room-temperature ferromagnetism （RT-FM） exists, while the Zn vapour treated samples exhibit unambiguous RT-FM with a maximum magnetic moment of 0.2μB/Co. The FM of Co：ZnO strongly depends on the Zn diffusion process, suggesting that not only carriers but also Zni defects play an important role in mediating FM in diluted magnetic semiconductors. A new core-shell model is proposed to interpret the mixture behaviour of FM and paramagnetism observed in the Zn vapour annealed Co：ZnO powders.
