Mn-doped ZnO diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles are prepared by an ultrasonic assisted sol-gel process.Transmission electron microscopy shows pseudo-hexagonal nanoparticles with an average size of about 24 n...Mn-doped ZnO diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles are prepared by an ultrasonic assisted sol-gel process.Transmission electron microscopy shows pseudo-hexagonal nanoparticles with an average size of about 24 nm.From the analysis of X-ray diffraction,the Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles are identified to be a wurtzite structure without any impurity phases.The magnetic properties are measured by using superconducting quantum interference device.For the ZnO with 2% Mn doping concentration,a good hysteresis loop indicates fine ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature higher than 350 K.展开更多
基金Supported bythe Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation ofChina (No.05JJ30126) the Scientific Research Fund of HunanProvincial Education Department (No.04B061)+1 种基金the Key Labora-tory of Advanced Materials & Rheological Properties (Xiangtan University) ,Ministry of Education (No.KF0506) ,the Fundof Xiangtan University (05IND10) .
文摘Mn-doped ZnO diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles are prepared by an ultrasonic assisted sol-gel process.Transmission electron microscopy shows pseudo-hexagonal nanoparticles with an average size of about 24 nm.From the analysis of X-ray diffraction,the Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles are identified to be a wurtzite structure without any impurity phases.The magnetic properties are measured by using superconducting quantum interference device.For the ZnO with 2% Mn doping concentration,a good hysteresis loop indicates fine ferromagnetism with a Curie temperature higher than 350 K.
