Fabrication and magnetic properties of highly oriented ZnO:Eu films by sol-gel process

  • Ping Che*
  • , Jian Meng
  • , Lirong Ren
  • , Lin Guo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A series of Eu-doped ZnO films were prepared by a sol-gel method. Precursor and films were characterized by thermal analysis (TG-DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV-vis spectra, as well as the magnetism measurement. The wurtzite structure of obtained films presents an extreme high c-orientation character. The film susceptibility resembles a Curie-Weiss behavior at high temperature, and presents an obvious enhancement at low temperature, indicating the presence of antiferromagnetic interactions in the Zn0.9Eu0.1O films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)298-301
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Rare Earths
Volume24
Issue numberSUPPL. 2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2006

Keywords

  • Europium ion
  • Magnetic property
  • Oriented growth
  • Rare earths
  • Zinc oxide film

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