Recent papers on spintronics:

  1. J.A. Chan, S. Lany, and A. Zunger Electronic correlation in anion p-orbitals impedes ferromagnetism due to cation vacancies in Zn chalcogenides , Phys. Rev. Lett., 103,016404 (2009). (pdf)

  2. H. Raebiger, S. Lany, and A. Zunger Charge self-regulation upon changing the oxidation state of transition metals in insulators , Nature 453, 763-766 (2008) (pdf)

  3. H. Raebiger, S. Lany, and A. Zunger Control of ferromagnetism via electron doping in In2O3 , Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 027203 (2008). (pdf)

  4. S. Lany, H. Raebiger, and A. Zunger Magnetic interactions of Cr-Cr and Co-Co impurity pairs in ZnO within a band-gap corrected density functional approach , Phys. Rev. B Rapid Communication 77, 241201 (2008). (pdf)

  5. J. Osorio-Guillen, S. Lany, and A. Zunger Atomic Control of Conductivity Versus Ferromagnetism inWide-Gap Oxides Via Selective Doping: V, Nb, Ta in Anatase TiO2 , Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 036601 (2008) (pdf)

  6. A Franceschetti, A Zunger and M van Schilfgaarde Design rules to achieve high-TC ferromagnetism in (Ga, Mn)As alloys J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 242203 (2007) (pdf).

  7. J. Osorio-Guillen, S. Lany, S. V. Barabash, and A. Zunger Nonstoichiometry as a source of magnetism in otherwise nonmagnetic oxides: Magnetically interacting cation vacancies and their percolation , Phys. Rev. B 75, 184421 (2007) (pdf)

  8. Hannes Raebiger, Stephan Lany, and Alex Zunger, Impurity Clustering and Ferromagnetic Interactions that are not Carrier Induced in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors: The Case of Cu2O : Co , Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 167203 (2007) (pdf)

  9. A. Franceschetti, S. V. Barabash, J. Osorio-Guillen, A. Zunger, and M. van Schilfgaarde, Enhancement of interactions between magnetic ions in semiconductors due to declustering , Phys. Rev. B 74, 241303 (2006) (pdf)

  10. Jorge Osorio-Guillen, Yu-Jun Zhao, Sergey V. Barabash, and Alex Zunger Structural stability of (Ga,Mn)As from first principles: Random alloys, ordered compounds, and superlattices Phys. Rev. B 74, 035305 (2006) (pdf).

  11. A. Franceschetti, S. V. Dudiy, S. V. Barabash, A. Zunger, J. Xu, and M. van Schilfgaarde First-Principles Combinatorial Design of Transition Temperatures in Multicomponent Systems: The Case of Mn in GaAs Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047202 (2006) (pdf).

  12. J. Osorio-Guillen, S. Lany, S.V. Barabash, and A. Zunger, Magnetism without Magnetic Ions: Percolation, Exchange, and Formation Energies of Magnetism-Promoting Intrinsic Defects in CaO, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107203 (2006). (pdf).

  13. Yu-Jun Zhao and Alex Zunger, Zincblende Half-Metallic Ferromagnets are Rarely Stabilized by Epitaxy, Physical Review B 71 , 132403 (2005). (pdf).

  14. Yu-Jun Zhao, Priya Mahadevan, and Alex Zunger, Practical rules for orbital-controlled ferromagnetism of 3d-impurities in semiconductors J. Appl. Phys. 98, 113901 (2005) (pdf).

  15. Priya Mahadevan and Alex Zunger, Origin of transition metal clustering tendencies in GaAs based diluted magnetic semiconductors Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 172504 (2005) (pdf).

  16. Y.J. Zhao, C. Persson, S. Lany and A. Zunger Why can CuInSe2 be readily equilibrium doped n-type, but the wider-gap CuGaSe2 cannot? Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5860 (2004) (pdf).

  17. Priya Mahadevan and Alex Zunger, Trends in ferromagnetism, hole localization, and acceptor level depth for single Mn substitution in GaN, GaP, GaAs, and GaSb Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2860 (2004) (pdf).

  18. Priya Mahadevan and Alex Zunger, Unusual directional dependence of exchange energies in GaAs:Mn -- Is the RKKY limit ever relevant Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 177201 (2004) (pdf).

  19. Yu-Jun Zhao, Priya Mahadevan, and Alex Zunger, Comparison of predicted ferromagnetic tendencies of Mn substituting the Ga site in III-V's and in I-III-VI{sub 2} chalcopyrite semiconductors Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 3753 (2004) (pdf).

  20. Yu-Jun Zhao and Alex Zunger, Electronic structure and ferromagnetism of Mn-substituted CuAlS[sub 2], CuGaS[sub 2], CuInS[sub 2], CuGaSe[sub 2], and CuGaTe[sub 2] Phys. Rev. B 69, 104422 (2004) (pdf).

  21. Yu-Jun Zhao and Alex Zunger, Site preference for Mn substitution in spintronic CuM{sup III}X{sub 2}{sup VI} chalcopyrite semiconductors Phys. Rev. B 69, 75208 (2004) (pdf).

  22. Priya Mahadevan and Alex Zunger, First-principles investigation of the assumptions underlying model-Hamiltonian approaches to ferromagnetism of 3d impurities in III-V semiconductors Phys. Rev. B 69, 115211 (2004) (pdf).

  23. Priya Mahadevan and Alex Zunger, Ferromagnetism in Mn-doped GaAs due to substitutional-interstitial complexes Phys. Rev. B 68, 75202 (2003) (pdf).

  24. Priya Mahadevan and Alex Zunger, Room-temperature ferromagnetism in Mn-doped semiconducting CdGeP{sub 2} Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 047205 (2002) (pdf).