Over the past ten years, the search for compounds combining the properties of
semiconductors and ferromagnets has evolved into an important field of materials science …

This review compiles results of experimental and theoretical studies on thin films and
quantum structures of semiconductors with randomly distributed Mn ions, which exhibit …

Ferromagnetism in manganese compound semiconductors not only opens prospects for
tailoring magnetic and spin-related phenomena in semiconductors with a precision specific …

It is often assumed that it is not possible to alter the properties of magnetic materials once
they have been prepared and put into use. For example, although magnetic materials are …

ZnO is attracting considerable attention for its possible application to UV light emitters, spin
functional devices, gas sensors, transparent electronics and surface acoustic wave devices …

A mean-field model of ferromagnetism mediated by delocalized or weakly localized holes in
zinc-blende and wurzite diluted magnetic semiconductors is presented. The model takes …

The body of research on (III, Mn) V diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) initiated during
the 1990s has concentrated on three major fronts:(i) the microscopic origins and …

Recent advances in the theory and experimental realization of ferromagnetic
semiconductors give hope that a new generation of microelectronic devices based on the …

Ion conduction is of prime importance for solid-state reactions in ionic systems, and for
devices such as high-temperature batteries and fuel cells, chemical filters and sensors …

The recent development of MBE techniques for growth of III–V ferromagnetic
semiconductors has created materials with exceptional promise in spintronics, that is …