Room-temperature ferromagnetism observed in Nd-doped In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> dilute magnetic semiconducting nanowires

Room-temperature ferromagnetism observed in Nd-doped In₂O₃ dilute magnetic semiconducting nanowires

Lv Zhanpeng¹, Zhang Junran¹, Niu Wei¹, Zhang Minhao¹, Song Li², Zhu Hairong², Wang Xuefeng^{1, †,}

(a) Magnetic hysteresis loops of Nd-doped In₂O₃ nanowires at 300 K and 200 K. Upper inset shows the diamagnetic signal of pure In₂O₃ nanowires, and lower inset is the enlargement of loops near the origin. (b) Temperature dependence of ZFC–FC magnetization curves measured at 500 Oe.