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  • Title: On the origin of high-temperature ferromagnetism in the low-temperature-processed Mn-Zn-O system.
    Author: Kundaliya DC, Ogale SB, Lofland SE, Dhar S, Metting CJ, Shinde SR, Ma Z, Varughese B, Ramanujachary KV, Salamanca-Riba L, Venkatesan T.
    Journal: Nat Mater; 2004 Oct; 3(10):709-14. PubMed ID: 15448682.
    Abstract:
    The recent discovery of ferromagnetism above room temperature in low-temperature-processed MnO(2)-ZnO has generated significant interest. Using suitably designed bulk and thin-film studies, we demonstrate that the ferromagnetism in this system originates in a metastable phase rather than by carrier-induced interaction between separated Mn atoms in ZnO. The ferromagnetism persists up to approximately 980 K, and further heating transforms the metastable phase and kills the ferromagnetism. By studying the interface diffusion and reaction between thin-film bilayers of Mn and Zn oxides, we show that a uniform solution of Mn in ZnO does not form under low-temperature processing. Instead, a metastable ferromagnetic phase develops by Zn diffusion into the Mn oxide. Direct low-temperature film growth of Zn-incorporated Mn oxide by pulsed laser deposition shows ferromagnetism at low Zn concentration for an optimum oxygen growth pressure. Our results strongly suggest that the observed ferromagnetic phase is oxygen-vacancy-stabilized Mn(2-x)Zn(x)O(3-delta.).
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