Defect-Induced Magnetism in Oxide Semiconductors provides an overview of the latest advances in defect engineering to create new magnetic materials and enable new technological applications. First, the book introduces the mechanisms, behavior, and theory of magnetism in oxide semiconductors and reviews the methods of inducing magnetism in these materials. Then, strategies such as pulsed laser deposition and RF sputtering to grow oxide nanostructured materials with induced magnetism are discussed. This is followed by a review of the most relevant postdeposition methods to induce magnetism in oxide semiconductors including annealing, ion irradiation, and ion implantation. Examples of defect-induced magnetism in oxide semiconductors are provided along with selected applications.

This book is a suitable reference for academic researchers and practitioners and for people engaged in research and development in the disciplines of materials science and engineering.

• Reviews the magnetic, electrical, dielectric and optical properties of oxide semiconductors with defect-induced magnetism
• Discusses growth and post-deposition strategies to grow oxide nanostructured materials such as oxide thin films with defect-induced magnetism
• Provides examples of materials with defect-induced magnetism such as zinc oxide, cerium dioxide, hafnium dioxide, and more

Section 1: Introduction to Defect-Induced Magnetism 1. An Overview of Magnetism 2. Defects versus Doping for Percolation of Magnetism 3. Induced half metallic ferromagnetism in non-magnetic oxides 4. Theoretical Aspects of Magnetism in Non-Magnetic oxides
Section 2: Growth of Non-Magnetic Oxide Nanostructures 5. Oxide Thin Films grown by Sputtering Technique 6. Oxide Thin Films grown using Spin Coating Methods 7. Advanced Deposition Tools for the Development of Oxide Thin Films 8. Chemical Methods for the growth of Oxides 9. Synthesis of metal oxide semiconductors using the evaporation technique 10. Growth of Advanced Oxide Nanostructures (Nanocubes/Nanorods/Nanoflowers)
Section 3: Post-Deposition Tools for Non-Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors 11. Role of Annealing in Oxide Semiconductors 12. Heavy ion irradiation in Non-Magnetic Oxides to Explore Magnetism 13. Ion implantation induced d0 ferromagnetism in oxide semiconductors 14. Laser and UV-Irradiation in Oxides Semiconductors
Section 4: Defects in Non-Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors 15. Electrical and Dielectric Behavior in Oxide Semiconductors 16. Raman Spectroscopy for Defects and Crystalline Disorder in Oxide Semiconductors 17. XAS Study of Defect Characterization in Oxide Semiconductors 18. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of oxide semiconductors 19. X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Semiconductors 20. EPR study on defect related magnetic centers in various oxide matrices
Section 5: Examples of Defect-Induced Magnetism in Oxide Semiconductors 21. Magnetism in Titanates 22. Role of defects and doping on Magnetism in Cerium oxide 23. Magnetism of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) 24. Magnetism of Titanium Dioxide 25. Magnetism of Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO2) 26. Magnetism in disordered HfO2 nanoparticles and thin films
Section 6: Selected Applications  27. Resistive Switching Behaviour in Non-Magnetic oxides 28. Emerging applications of metal oxides