Mechanism To Increase Magnetic Response Of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor Identified
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 17:42
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 have manipulated electron mobility and pinpointed the mechanism controlling the strength of magnetic interactions -- and hence the material's magnetic ordering temperature.