Gadolinium Nitride, Powder, 99.5%, -60 mesh

Gadolinium nitride is utilized in specialized magnetic and electronic research due to its unique ferromagnetic semiconductor properties among rare earth pnictides.

GdN is studied as a dilute magnetic semiconductor for potential use in spintronic devices, offering a combination of semiconducting behavior and magnetic ordering.

Gadolinium nitride targets are used in reactive sputtering processes to deposit thin films for the development of magneto-optical components and spin-filter junctions.