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Correlation between crystal defects and room temperature ferromagnetism of hydrothermally grown Eu substituted ZnO nanorods     
Yazarlar
Öğr. Gör. Şeydanur KAYA
Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Özgür ÖZTÜRK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Lütfi Arda
Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The hydrothermal method has been used to grow zinc oxide nanorods on a glass substrate with different Europium (Eu) concentrations. The Eu doping effect on the structural, optical, and magnetic properties of the samples was systematically investigated. The undoped sample exhibited diamagnetic behaviour, while soft room temperature ferromagnetism was observed in all the Eu substituted samples. With regard to the hysteresis loops, the highest coercivity, saturated magnetic moment, and retentive magnetic moment values were observed to be 41.64 Oe, 18.86 × 10−6 emu, and 2.17 × 10−6 emu, respectively, for ZnO:Eu 7%. According to the relationships between the magnetic properties, Eu doping levels, and defects concentrations, it can be concluded that the room temperature ferromagnetism observed in the samples is caused by crystal point defects including oxygen vacancies and zinc interstitials, rather than carrier-mediated exchange interactions, which is also consistent with the bound magnetic polarons theory.
Anahtar Kelimeler
ZnO nanorods,Eu substitution,Photoluminescence properties,Crystal point defects,Room temperature ferromagnetism
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Dergi ISSN 0921-4526
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2022
Cilt No 645
Sayfalar 414281 /
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.physb.2022.414281
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2022.414281