Scandium-doped AlN 1D hexagonal nanoprisms : a class of room-temperature ferromagnetic materials
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04/01/2010
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Resumo |
Pretty vacancy: The formation energy of Al vacancies in aluminum nitride is decreased by doping with nonmagnetic scandium ions. These vacancies are shown to be the cause of the room-temperature ferromagnetism in the resulting 1D hexagonal nanoprisms of AlN:Sc, a result that is confirmed by first-principles calculations. The doping approach provides a new route to dilute magnetic semiconductor materials. |
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eng |
Publicador |
Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30048510/liu-scandiumdoped-2010.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.200905634 |
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2010, Wiley-VCH Verlag |
Palavras-Chave | #aluminum nitride #doping #magnetic properties #materials science #scandium |
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Journal Article |