Observation of glassy ferromagnetism in Al-doped 4H-SiC

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Feb 4;131(4):1376-7. doi: 10.1021/ja808507f.

Abstract

Glassy ferromagnetism is observed in diluted magnetic semiconductor Al-doped 4H-SiC. We propose a possible explanation for the origin of ferromagnetism order that is the coeffect of sp(2)/sp(3) configuration along with the structural defects. This result unambiguously demonstrates the existence of intrinsic ferromagnetism order in nonmagnetic sp systems.