In order to elucidate room-temperature (RT) ferromagnetism (FM) in ZnO, we have analyzed
a multitude of experimental publications with respect to the ratio of grain-boundary (GB) area …

The performance of a wide variety of commonly used density functionals, as well as two
screened hybrid functionals (HSE06 and TB-mBJ), on predicting electronic structures of a …

Nanograined (grain size 10nm) ZnO films with various Co contents (0–52at.% Co) were
synthesized by a novel liquid ceramics method. The solubility limit for Co was determined at …

We present a joint theoretical and experimental investigation on the origin of ferromagnetism
in Mn-doped ZnO. Theoretical calculations revealed that the zinc vacancy (V Zn) induces …

3 d transition impurities in wide-gap oxides may function as donor/acceptor defects to modify
carrier concentrations, and as magnetic elements to induce collective magnetism. Previous …

The influence of the grain boundary (GB) specific area s GB on the appearance of
ferromagnetism in Co-doped ZnO has been analysed based on a review of numerous …

Dense nanograined pure and Mn-doped Zn 1− x Mn x O polycrystals with x ranging between
0.1–34 at.% were synthesized by the wet chemistry method from butanoate precursors. Pure …

The complete solubility of an impurity in a polycrystal increases with decreasing grain size,
because the impurity dissolves not only in the crystallite bulk but also on the grain …

The synthesis of ZnO: Co nanorods in alcoholic solutions and their structural, optical, and
magnetic properties are presented. One-dimensional growth is achieved by careful control …

The wide-bandgap semiconductor ZnO has gained major interest in research community for
its unique properties and wide range of applications. In this review article, we present …