Ferromagnetism in Mn doped copper oxide nanoflake like structures with high Neel temperature

Copper oxide is an excellent oxide based semiconductor with a wide bandgap and also a promising candidate for dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS) when doped with some transition elements. We report 0.5% of manganese doped copper oxide based DMS with glycine as surfactant and surface assisting agent using a simple chemical route. The synthesized DMS material forms a nanoflake like structures and exhibit magnetic hysteresis at room temperature. At...