E K Hlil
Articles written in Bulletin of Materials Science
Volume 36 Issue 1 February 2013 pp 25-29
Discrepancy of room temperature ferromagnetism in Mo-doped In2O3
O M Lemine M Bououdina E K Hlil A Al-Saie A Jaafar A Alyamani B Ouladdiaf
Molybdenum-doped indium oxide nanopowders were synthesized via mechanical alloying with subsequent annealing at a relatively low temperature of 600 °C. Themorphologies and crystal structures of the synthesized nanopowders were examined by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction patterns. X-ray diffraction pattern of the milled mixture shows the presence of both In2O3 phase and Mo element. The presence of broad peaks in the pattern confirms that the synthesized powders are nanosized. The X-ray diffraction of annealed samples at 600 °C shows the absence of Mo peaks revealing that the Mo was incorporated into the crystal lattices of In2O3. Interestingly, it was observed that the diffraction peaks were still broad in the annealed samples indicating the single phase at the nanoscale. From the XRD pattern, the calculated crystallite sizes were in the range of 12–18 nm. Magnetic properties of the synthesized Mo-doped In2O3 nanopowders were examined and it was found that the obtained nanopowders possess diamagnetic properties.
Volume 36 Issue 7 December 2013 pp 1247-1253
L Romaka V V Romaka I Lototska A Szytula B Kuzhel A Zarzycki E K Hlil D Fruchart
RAgSn2 compounds, where R = Y, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er, were synthesized by arc-melting and subsequent annealing at 870 K. The formation of cubic phases with Cu3Au-type structure (space group 𝑃𝑚$\bar{3}$𝑚) was studied. Magnetic property measurements showed that in paramagnetic state, the compounds with magnetic rareearth atoms are Curie–Weiss paramagnets and order antiferromagnetically at low temperatures. YAgSn2 is a Pauli paramagnet in 100–300 K temperature range. The electrical properties of RAgSn2 compounds were investigated by means of electrical resistivity and Seebeck coefficient measurements in 4.2–300 K temperature range. All investigated compounds exhibit metallic type of conductivity. Electronic structure calculations based on full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW)method is also carried out to probe themagnetic and electronic structures of RAgSn2 compounds. Comparisons between experimental data and calculations are discussed.
Volume 37 Issue 3 May 2014 pp 563-569
High temperature magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Sn0.95Co0.05O2
O Mounkachi E Salmani M Boujnah H Labrim H El Moussaoui M Hamedoun A Benyoussef A El Kenz H Ez-Zahraouy R Masrour E K Hlil
Structural and magnetic properties of Sn0.95Co0.05O2 nanocrystalline and diluted magnetic semiconductors have been investigated. This sample has been synthesized by co-precipitation route. Study of magnetization hysteresis loop measurements infer that the sample of Sn0.95Co0.05O2 nanoparticle shows a well-defined hysteresis loop at 300 K temperature, which reflects its ferromagnetic behaviour. We confirmed the room-temperature intrinsic ferromagnetic (FM) semiconductors by
Volume 37 Issue 4 June 2014 pp 805-808
Study of Cu-doping effects on magnetic properties of Fe-doped ZnO by first principle calculations
A El Amiri H Lassri M Abid E K Hlil
Using ab
Volume 37 Issue 7 December 2014 pp 1731-1736
M Bhihi M Lakhal S Naji H Labrim A Belhaj A Benyoussef A Elkenz M Loulidi B Khalil O Mounkachi M Abdellaoui E K Hlil
Using ab initio calculations, we predict the improvement of the desorption temperature and the hydrogen storage properties of doped Mg-based hydrides such as,Mg15AMH32 (AM = Ca, Sr and Ba) as a super cell 2 × 2 × 2 of MgH2. In particular, the electronic structure has been obtained numerically using the all-electron full-potential local-orbital minimum-basis scheme FPLO9.00-34. Then, we discuss the formation energy calculations in terms of the material stabilities and the hydrogen storage thermodynamic properties improvements. Among others, we find that the stability and the temperature of desorption decrease without reducing significantly the high storage capacity of hydrogen. Moreover, it has been observed that such a doping procedure does not affect the electronic behavior as seen in MgH2, including the insulator state in contrast with the transition metal hydrides, which modify the electronic structure of pure MgH2.
Volume 38 Issue 4 August 2015 pp 1065-1068
Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of MnB2
R Masrour E K Hlil M Hamedoun A Benyoussef O Mounkachi H El Moussaoui
The self-consistent
Volume 39 Issue 1 February 2016 pp 315-319
Explanation of ferromagnetism origin in N-doped ZnO by first-principle calculations
A El Amiri H Lassri E K Hlil M Abid
By $ab-initio$ calculations, the possible source of ferromagnetism in N-doped ZnO compound was systematically studied. The electronic structure and magnetic properties of N-doped ZnO with/without ZnO host and N defects were investigated using the Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker method combined with coherent potential approximation. It was shown that Zn vacancy and the presence of N defects (substitutional, interstitial or combination of both) induce the ferromagnetism in N-doped ZnO. From density of state analysis, it was shown that p–p interaction between 2p-elements (N,O) is the mechanism of ferromagnetic coupling in N-doped ZnO.
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