Defect-Induced Magnetism in Oxide Semiconductors

Dr. Parmod Kumar is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at JC Bose University of Science and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India. Dr. Kumar earned his PhD from the IIT Delhi, India and also worked as DST-INSPIRE Faculty. His research interests include dilute magnetic semiconductors, magnetic materials, and other oxide semiconductors. Dr. Jitendra Pal Singh is currently working as Ramanujan Fellow at Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, Haryana, India. Dr. Singh earned his PhD from the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. He has been associated with Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, South Korea, prior to his current appointment. Vinod Kumar is a lecturer in renewable energy in the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. His current research interest area is oxide-based nanomaterial for lighting and solar cell applications.

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