An easy mechanical way to create ferromagnetic defective ZnO

作者:Potzger K*; Zhou Shengqiang; Grenzer J; Helm M; Fas**ender J
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 92(18): 182504.
DOI:10.1063/1.2921782

摘要

We present an experiment for the creation of unconventional ferromagnetism in pure ZnO powder by application of mechanical force. The ferromagnetism is related to flakelike structures in planar compressed pieces of the powder with easy axis in the plane. It is associated with defect creation and disappears upon annealing in oxygen. Besides cluster formation, such defects might be one of the nonintrinsic origins of ferromagnetism in transition metal doped ZnO.

  • 出版日期2008-5-5