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Local structure around Mn in Mn containing ZnO nano crystals

Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke 1,2Vasil Koteski 1,5Huijuan Zhou 3Baker Farangis 4Detlev M. Hofmann 4Bruno K. Meyer 4

1. Hahn-Meitner-Institute (HMI), Glienicker Str. 100, Berlin D-14109, Germany
2. Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), Arnimallee 14, Berlin 14195, Germany
3. Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Institut für Angewandte Physik, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, Karlsruhe 76131, Germany
4. Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, I. Physics Institute, Giessen, Germany
5. VINCA Institute, POB 522, Belgrade 11001, Serbia

Abstract

Diluted magnetic semiconductors, either in form of thin films or in form of nanostructures have been of great interest in the last years due to the combined magnetic properties from the magnetic elements and the transport properties from the carriers of the host. Especially ZnO is experiencing a renaissance with the incorporation of Mn because of the recent predictions from theory. We have investigated the electronic structure of the ground state Mn2+ in ZnO nanocrystals as well as in Zn(OH)2 by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements. For a better assignment to the atomic structure we have complemented the EPR measurements with X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) on Mn and Zn on samples with different particle size and different Mn concentration. Both types of experiments show that Mn substitutes Zn in ZnO as well as in Zn(OH)2 .

 

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Presentation: Poster at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2006, Symposium F, by Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2006

Submitted: 2006-05-15 16:27
Revised:   2009-06-07 00:44