摘要
Nanocrystalline Zn1鈭?em>xMnxO(x=0鈭?.1) powders are prepared by polymeric precursor method and their structural and magnetic properties carefully studied. X-ray diffraction studies and Raman spectroscopy reveal that Mn2+ ions have substituted the Zn2+ ion without changing the w眉rtzite structure of pristine ZnO up to Mn concentrations x鈮?.05. The presence of a secondary phase, related to the solubility of Mn in ZnO is evident for higher Mn-doping concentrations. The negative value obtained for the Curie-Weiss temperature indicates that the interactions between the Mn ions are predominantly antiferromagnetic. Thus, no bulk ferromagnetism is evident in any of the studied samples.