This review focuses on recent progress in the study of doped semiconductor nanocrystals
prepared by direct solution chemical routes. The emphasis is on materials that can be …

Building a foundation with a thorough description of crystalline structures, Solid State
Chemistry: An Introduction, Fourth Edition presents a wide range of the synthetic and …

Materials that show various responses to multiple external stimuli enable novel device
applications. The behavior of systems with strong coupling between magnetic and electronic …

We report a method for the preparation of colloidal ZnO-diluted magnetic semiconductor
quantum dots (DMS-QDs) by alkaline-activated hydrolysis and condensation of zinc acetate …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

Using spin to replace or augment the role of charge in signal processing devices, computing
systems and circuits may improve speed, power consumption, and device density in some …

We report the synthesis of colloidal Mn2+-doped ZnO (Mn2+: ZnO) quantum dots and the
preparation of room-temperature ferromagnetic nanocrystalline thin films. Mn2+: ZnO …

The defining attribute of a diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) is the existence of dopant−
carrier magnetic exchange interactions. In this letter, we report the first direct observation of …

We present results of the preparation (by precursor decomposition), characterization (with x-
ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and dc magnetization measurements), and …

5,362.972 A 1 1/1994 Yazawa et al......... 257.13 electronic, photonic structures, and
electromechanical 5,381,753 A 1/1995 Okajima et al............... 117/12 MEMS devices, are …