Magnetic and optical properties of Ti doped ZnO prepared by solid state reaction method

The substitution of transition metal ions on zinc oxide as host lattice may lead to some interesting behavioural changes in magnetic and optical properties. The present work discusses the effect of Ti dopant in zinc oxide Zn1−xTixO (x=0.02 and 0.03) on the optical and magnetic properties. For that, Ti doped zinc-oxide (ZnO) was prepared by standard solid state reaction method in a high temperature furnace. The magnetic properties were analysed using vibrating sample magnetometry. The morphology of the samples was studied by SEM micrographs. The effect of the dopant on the semiconducting nature of the host ZnO was investigated by UV–vis studies.