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Ferromagnetic Semiconducting EuO Nanorods†

  1. M. J. Bierman1,
  2. K. M. Van Heuvelen1,
  3. D. Schmeißer2,
  4. T. C. Brunold1,
  5. S. Jin1

Article first published online: 15 AUG 2007

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200602612

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 19, Issue 18, pages 2677–2681, September, 2007

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How to Cite

Bierman, M. J., Van Heuvelen, K. M., Schmeißer, D., Brunold, T. C. and Jin, S. (2007), Ferromagnetic Semiconducting EuO Nanorods. Adv. Mater., 19: 2677–2681. doi: 10.1002/adma.200602612

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 (USA)

  2. 2

    Lehrstuhl Angewandte Physik—Sensorik, BTU Cottbus, 03046 Cottbus (Germany)

  1. †

    This work is supported by an NSF CAREER award (DMR-0548232). S.J. also thanks UW-Madison NSEC (NSF DMR-0425880) and the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award for financial support. K.M.V.H. thanks the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. We thank Prof. Robert J. Hamers for the access to SEM.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 15 AUG 2007
  3. Manuscript Revised: 14 MAR 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 NOV 2006

Funded by

  • NSF CAREER award. Grant Number: DMR-0548232
  • UW-Madison NSEC. Grant Number: NSF DMR-0425880
  • 3M Nontenured Faculty Award

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Keywords:

  • Ferromagnetic materials;
  • Magnetic materials;
  • Nanorods, inorganic;
  • Rare-earth compounds;
  • Semiconductors, inorganic
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Nanorods of EuO, a concentrated magnetic semiconductor, are synthesized. SQUID magnetometry shows a large ferromagnetic response for the nanorods of 6.9 μB per europium atom. Magnetic circular dichroism verifies that the nanowires are indeed ferromagnetic and semiconducting.

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