中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (8): 87505-087505.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/8/087505

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Multiferroic ZnO obtained by substituting oxygen with nitrogen

温峥1, 吴迪1, 高锦龙2, 唐少龙2, 徐庆宇3, 邱腾3, 徐明祥3   

  1. (1)Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China; (2)Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China; (3)Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
  • 收稿日期:2011-02-10 修回日期:2011-03-15 出版日期:2011-08-15 发布日期:2011-08-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50802041 and 50872050), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2009CB929503 and 2010CB923404), NCET-09-0296 and Southeast University, and partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BK2010421).

Multiferroic ZnO obtained by substituting oxygen with nitrogen

Xu Qing-Yu(徐庆宇)a),Wen Zheng(温峥)b), Gao Jin-Long(高锦龙)c),Wu Di(吴迪) b), Qiu Teng(邱腾)a),Tang Shao-Long(唐少龙)c),and Xu Ming-Xiang(徐明祥)a)   

  1. a Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China; b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China; c Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
  • Received:2011-02-10 Revised:2011-03-15 Online:2011-08-15 Published:2011-08-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50802041 and 50872050), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2009CB929503 and 2010CB923404), NCET-09-0296 and Southeast University, and partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BK2010421).

摘要: N-doped ZnO films were prepared in nitrogen plasma by pulsed laser deposition. Clear room temperature ferromagnetism has been observed in the film prepared at a substrate temperature of 500 °C. The structural characterizations of X-ray diffraction, Raman, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirm the substitution of O by N in ZnO, which has been considered to be the origin of the observed ferromagnetism. Furthermore, ferroelectricity has been observed at room temperature by piezoelectric force microscopy, indicating the potential multiferroic applications.

关键词: multiferroics, diluted magnetic semiconductor, ZnO

Abstract: N-doped ZnO films were prepared in nitrogen plasma by pulsed laser deposition. Clear room temperature ferromagnetism has been observed in the film prepared at a substrate temperature of 500 °C. The structural characterizations of X-ray diffraction, Raman, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirm the substitution of O by N in ZnO, which has been considered to be the origin of the observed ferromagnetism. Furthermore, ferroelectricity has been observed at room temperature by piezoelectric force microscopy, indicating the potential multiferroic applications.

Key words: multiferroics, diluted magnetic semiconductor, ZnO

中图分类号:  (Magnetoelectric effects, multiferroics)

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75.50.Pp (Magnetic semiconductors) 77.55.hf (ZnO)