Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2010
Abstract
The electrical resistivity values for a series of pure and doped (Co, Mn, Al) ZnO epitaxial films grown by pulsed laser deposition were measured with equipment designed for determining the direct current resistivity of high resistance samples. Room-temperature resistances ranging from 7 x 10(1) to 4 x 10(8) Omega/sq were measured on vacuum-reduced cobalt-doped ZnO, (Al,Co) co-doped ZnO, pure cobalt-doped ZnO, Mn-doped ZnO, and undoped ZnO. Using a four-point collinear geometry with gold spring-loaded contacts, resistivities were measured from 295 to 5 K for resistances of < approximately 10(12) Omega/sq. In addition, magnetoresistance and Hall effect were measured as a function of temperature for select samples. Throughout the investigation, samples were also measured on commercially available instrumentation with good agreement. The challenges of transport measurements on high resistivity samples are discussed, along with some offered solutions to those challenges.
Repository Citation
McCloy, J. S.,
Ryan, J. V.,
Droubay, T. C.,
Kasper, T. C.,
Chambers, S. A.,
& Look, D. C.
(2010). Magnetotransport Properties of High Quality Co:ZnO and Mn:ZnO Single Crystal Pulsed Laser Deposition Films: Pitfalls Associated with Magnetotransport on High Resistivity Materials. Review of Scientific Instruments, 81 (6), 63902.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/176
DOI
10.1063/1.3436648
Comments
Copyright © 2010, American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Review of Scientific Instruments 81.6, and may be found at http://rsi.aip.org/resource/1/rsinak/v81/i6/p063902_s1