Scientists Pinpoint Mechanism to Increase Magnetic Response of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
When squeezed, electrons increase their ability to move around. In compounds such as semiconductors and electrical insulators, such squeezing can dramatically change the electrical- and magnetic- properties.Now scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have manipulated electron mobility and pinpointed the mechanism controlling the strength of magnetic interactions- and hence the material's magnetic ordering temperature.
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