Coexistence of ultraviolet photo-response and room-temperature ferromagnetism in polycrystalline ZnO thin films

• The coexistence of ultraviolet (UV) photoconductivity (PC) and room-temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM) is observed in polycrystalline ZnO thin films deposited by unbalanced magnetron sputtering under high oxygen pressure. A significant increase in PC (similar to 870% to 40000%) is observed with increasing film thickness and the consequent structural disorder and film porosity. In contrast, the saturation magnetization (M(S)) at room temperature is found to decrease from 1.02 emu/g to 0.53 emu/g with increasing film thickness from 50 to 150 nm.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Photoconductivity

Room-temperature ferromagnetism

Unbalanced magnetron sputtering

Materials science

Teknisk materialvetenskap

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