Europium Monoxide

Introduction.- PART I. EuO - ferromagnetic and semiconductor.- Features of formation of electron band structure and physical properties of ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO.- Methods of synthesis of europium monoxide.- Raising the Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO.- PART II. EuO as a spintronics.- Theoretical background of the Josephson effect in superconducting tunnel junctions with ferromagnetic barrier.- Creating and study of the properties of multilayers and superconducting tunnel junctions with EuO.- Creating, research and application of heterostructures metal / ferromagnetic semiconductor (EuO) and ferromagnetic semiconductor (EuO)/semiconductor.- Creating a high-spin injector based EuO.- Conclusion.