Low temperature magnetoresistance of Al-doped ZnO films |
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Authors: | X.D. Liu E.Y. Jiang |
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Affiliation: | Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, Institute of Advanced Materials Physics, Faculty of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China |
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Abstract: | The magnetoresistances of aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin films with thickness of 463.63, 203.03, and 66.85 nm were measured at low temperatures from 2.5 to 30 K. It is found that the samples exhibit negative magnetoresistance at all measuring temperatures. However, neither the three-dimensional nor the two-dimensional weak-localization theories can reproduce the behavior of the magnetoresistance. We find that the magnetoresistance of the three films can be well described by a semiempirical expression that takes into account the third order s-d exchange Hamiltonians describing a negative part and a two-band model for the positive contribution. This strongly suggests that the negative magnetoresistance in ZnO:Al film originates from the scattering of conduction electrons due to localized magnetic moments. |
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Keywords: | 73.61.Ga 7220.My 8105.Dz |
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