In:
Applied Physics Letters, AIP Publishing, Vol. 106, No. 14 ( 2015-04-06)
Abstract:
The reproducible switching of ferromagnetism in ZnCuO nanorods by applying a reversible electric field has been realized. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images showed a hexagonal wurtzite structure with no detectable trace of secondary phase or precipitation of Cu impurity in the ZnCuO nanorods. The Cu concentrations in the ZnCuO nanorods were tested by energy dispersive spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and found to be about 2.7 at. %. The switching mechanism is confirmed in terms of the formation and rupture of conductive filaments, with oxygen vacancies (VO) localized mainly on surface of the ZnCuO nanorods. Subsequently, the variation of VO concentration during the resistive switching process modulates the ferromagnetism of the ZnCuO nanorods. The saturation magnetization at low resistance state is apparently 6.4 times larger than that at high resistance state for an Au/ZnCuO/ITO structure. An indirect double-exchange model has been used to explain the ferromagnetism in ZnCuO nanorods.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0003-6951
,
1077-3118
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
2015
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211245-0
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1469436-0
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