A comprehensive review on theoretical concepts, types and applications of magnetic semiconductors

While there are immense possibilities from integration of electric and magnetic properties of materials in magnetic semiconductors, fine tuning the synthesis processes for the fabrication of magnetic materials that can exhibit magnetism even at high temperatures have been of particular interest and has also been a significant challenge for dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) synthesis. A brief overview of the different types of DMS materials available and the mechanism of their operation have been discussed in this review article. Furthermore, some important applications arising out of the novel and exciting properties of the DMS materials have also been discussed.