The structural and magnetic properties of V doped ZnO are presented. V ions were introduced into hydrothermal ZnO single crystals by ion implantation with fluences of 1.2*10^16 to 6*10^16 cm^-2. Post-implantation annealing was performed in high vacuum from 823 K to 1023 K. The ZnO host material still partly remains in a crystalline state after irradiation, and is partly recovered by annealing. The V ions show a thermal mobility as revealed by depth profile Auger electron spectroscopy. Synchrotron radiation x-ray diffraction revealed no secondary phase formation which indicates the substitution of V onto Zn site. However in all samples no pronounced ferromagnetism was observed down to 5 K by a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0612356,
title = {Absence of ferromagnetism in V-implanted ZnO single crystals},
author = {Shengqiang Zhou and K. Potzger and H. Reuther and K. Kuepper and W. Skorupa and M. Helm and J. Fassbender},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0612356},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
13 pages, 4 figs, MMM conference 2007, accepted by J. Appl. Phys