Structural and Chemical Properties of ZnSe - Fe

Hybrid semiconductor (SC)/ ferromagnetic (FM) structures have been investigated due to the possibility of using not only the charge but also the spin of electrons to conceive new electronic devices [1-3]. In particular, ZnSe has been pointed out as one attracting candidate to achieve such goal due to their favorable chemical stability in the presence of Fe [4] and theoretical calculations suggesting that large tunnel magnetoresistance could be attained [5]. Currently, most of hybrid SC/FM systems are fabricated using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) [6,7]. However, the simpler and inexpensive electrodeposition of II-VI semiconductor compounds such as ZnSe has already been studied for applications in optoelectronics and solar cells [8-11]. In this work we report for the rst time on the fabrication of the ZnSe-Fe granular thin lms by electrodeposition techniques.