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Optical and magnetic studies on Gd doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation method

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Gadolinium (Gd) doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) with hexagonal wurtzite structure was synthesized via a co-precipitation method as mentioned in this paper.
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This article is published in Journal of Luminescence.The article was published on 2016-10-01. It has received 108 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wurtzite crystal structure & Nanoparticle.

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Investigations of visible light driven Sn and Cu doped ZnO hybrid nanoparticles for photocatalytic performance and antibacterial activity

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate an effectual and facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and investigations of structural, optical and photocatalytic performance are established with bi-metal (Sn and Cu) doped nanoparticles (Sn:Cu:ZnO NPs) have been successfully synthesized by microwave assisted ultra-sonicated precipitation process.
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Unraveling the effect of Gd doping on the structural, optical, and magnetic properties of ZnO based diluted magnetic semiconductor nanorods

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, magnetic, and optical properties of pristine and Gd-doped ZnO nanorods were studied using a combination of experimental and density functional theory (DFT) with Hubbard U correction approaches.
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Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of Gd doped ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced degradation of methylene blue under visible light

TL;DR: In this article, facile co-precipitation was employed to prepare pure ZnO and Gd doped znO photocatalysts and the physio-chemical properties of the prepared samples were analyzed through various analytical techniques.
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Electronic Structure and Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Gd-doped Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Generation via Photocatalytic Water Splitting

TL;DR: Enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity of Gd‐doped CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) is experimentally demonstrated, whereas there are very few reports on this mechanism with rare earth doping, and a mechanism of water splitting is proposed on the basis of analyses.
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Growth and influence of Gd doping on ZnO nanostructures for enhanced optical, structural properties and gas sensing applications

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of Gd concentration on the formation of different morphology of ZnO nanostructures has been investigated by one-step hydrothermal method.
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Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications

TL;DR: Spintronics, or spin electronics, involves the study of active control and manipulation of spin degrees of freedom in solid-state systems as discussed by the authors, where the primary focus is on the basic physical principles underlying the generation of carrier spin polarization, spin dynamics, and spin-polarized transport.
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Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in Transparent Transition Metal-Doped Titanium Dioxide

TL;DR: The observation of transparent ferromagnetism in cobalt-doped anatase thin films with the concentration of cobalt between 0 and 8% is reported, indicating the existence of ferromagnetic long-range ordering.
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Temperature dependence of Raman scattering in ZnO

TL;DR: In this paper, a Raman scattering study of wurtzite was carried out over a temperature range from 80 to 750°C, where the second-order Raman features were interpreted in the light of recent ab initio phonon density of states calculations.
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Biogenic Synthesis, Photocatalytic, and Photoelectrochemical Performance of Ag–ZnO Nanocomposite

TL;DR: In this article, a biogenic synthesis of visible light active Ag-ZnO nanocomposite for photocatalysis and photoelectrode using an electrochemically active biofilm (EAB) was reported.
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Colossal magnetic moment of Gd in GaN.

TL;DR: A phenomenological model is proposed to understand the macroscopic magnetic behavior of the GaN:Gd layers and reveals a close connection between the observed ferromagnetism and the colossal magnetic moment of Gd.
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