Dominant ferromagnetic coupling over antiferromagnetic in Ni doped ZnO: first-principles calculations
The low magnetic moment (MM) in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) at low impurity doping levels has triggered considerable research into condensed magnetic semiconductors (CMS).This work reports an ab-initio investigation of the electronic structures and magnetic properties of ZnO in a zinc-blen...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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Higher Education Press
2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69231/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11467-015-0542-5 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| Summary: | The low magnetic moment (MM) in diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) at low impurity doping levels has triggered considerable research into condensed magnetic semiconductors (CMS).This work reports an ab-initio investigation of the electronic structures and magnetic properties of ZnO in a zinc-blende (ZB) structure doped with nickel ions. Ni-doped ZnO-based DMS and CMS exhibit a dominance of ferromagnetic coupling over antiferromagnetic. A robust increase in the magnetization has been observed as a function of Ni impurity levels. This material favors short-range magnetic interactions at the ground state, suggesting that the observed ferromagnetism is defined by the double exchange mechanism. The spin-polarized density of states (DOS) of Ni-doped ZnO characterizes it as half-metallic with a considerable energy gap for up-spin components and as metallic for-down spins. Half-metallic Ni:ZnO based magnetic semiconductors with high magnetization are expected to have potential applications in spintronics. |
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