Review Article

Magnetic Mn-Doped Ge Nanostructures

Table 1

A brief summary of the MnGe growth and characterizations.

Mn-doped GeGrowth methodMn (%) 𝑇 𝑐 (K)Origin of FMField controlled FMRef.

Thin filmsMBE0.6~3.525~116DMS50 K[27]
Bulk single crystalSintering6.2150~285Mn5Ge3, Mn11Ge8No[37, 94]
Thin filmsMBE<6~300Mn5Ge3No[36, 77, 98]
Thin films (with MnGe2)MBE6>400MnGe2 clustersNo[33]
Thin filmsImplantationA few~300Mn5Ge3, Mn11Ge8No[39, 88, 89, 92]