A room-temperature magnetic semiconductor from a ferromagnetic metallic glass

Wenjian Liu; Hongxia Zhang; Jin-an Shi; Zhongchang Wang; Cheng Song; Xiangrong Wang; Siyuan Lu; Xiangjun Zhou; Lin Gu; Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin; Mingwei Chen; Kefu Yao; Na Chen

doi:10.1038/ncomms13497

Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

A room-temperature magnetic semiconductor from a ferromagnetic metallic glass

Wenjian Liu,
Hongxia Zhang,
Jin-an Shi,
Zhongchang Wang,
Cheng Song,
Xiangrong Wang,
Siyuan Lu,
Xiangjun Zhou,
Lin Gu,
Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin,
Mingwei Chen,
Kefu Yao,
Na Chen

Affiliations

Wenjian Liu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Hongxia Zhang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Jin-an Shi: Beijing Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, Institute of Physics, CAS
Zhongchang Wang: WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University
Cheng Song: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Xiangrong Wang: Physics Department, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Siyuan Lu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Xiangjun Zhou: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Lin Gu: Beijing Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, Institute of Physics, CAS
Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin: WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University
Mingwei Chen: WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University
Kefu Yao: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Na Chen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13497
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Magnetic semiconductors provide control of spin states in addition to charge states realized in conventional semiconductors, yet currently limited to weak magnetism at low temperature. Liuet al. introduce oxygen into a ferromagnetic metallic glass, resulting in a Curie temperature above 600 K.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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