Sample preparation and annealing effects on the ferromagnetism in Mn-doped ZnO

Jun Zhang; R. Skomski; D. J. Sellmyer

doi:10.1063/1.1845858

Sample preparation and annealing effects on the ferromagnetism in Mn-doped ZnO

Jun Zhang, R. Skomski, D. J. Sellmyer

Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Magnetic properties of Mn-doped ZnO strongly depend on sample preparation and annealing. While the samples sintered in air at 500 °C show ferromagnetism at room temperature, those sintered at 900 °C are paramagnetic. The samples sintered in vacuum show a ferromagnetic transition at 45 K, which is attributed to ferrimagnetic Mn3 O4. With an increase of annealing temperature, the ferromagnetism observed at room temperature in the low-temperature-sintered samples is gradually suppressed and finally completely removed. These results can be understood by considering a metastable ferromagnetic phase and its stability under varying temperatures and atmospheres.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	10D303
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	97
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1845858
State	Published - May 15 2005

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