MRSEC-Supported Publications
April 2011 - March 2012
IRG 1
a. Primary MRSEC Support—IRG 1
- X. Yin, S. H. Liou, A. O. Adeyeye, S. Jain, and B. Han, “Influence of Magnetostatic Interactions on the Magnetization Reversal of Patterned Magnetic Elements,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07D354 [3 pages] (2011).
- X. Z. Li, Y. S. Yu, T. George, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structural Studies of Mono-atomic Layer-Deposited (FePt)1-xCux Thin Films and FePt Thin Films with Pt Top-Layer Deposition,” Microsc. Microanal. 16 (Suppl 2), 1772-1773 (2010); doi: 10.1017/S1431927610053717.
- Y. S. Yu, Haibo Li, W. L. Li, M. Liu, L. P. Yue, W. D. Fei, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Annealed Metastable FeAg/Pt Films,” Appl. Phys. A-Matls. Sci. & Proc. 103, 301-307 (2011).
- R. L. Zhou, X. H. Wei, K. He, J. E. Shield, D. J. Sellmyer, and X. C. Zeng, “Theoretical and Experimental Characterization of Structures of MnAu Nanoclusters in the Size Range of 1-3 nm,” ACS Nano 5, 9966-9976 (2011); doi: 10.1021/nn203739d.
- E. Folcke, R. Lardé, J. M. Le Breton, M. Gruber, F. Vurpillot, J. E. Shield, X. Rui, and M. M. Patterson, “Laser-assisted Atom Probe Tomography Investigation of Magnetic FePt Nanoclusters: First Experiments,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 517, 40-44 (2012).
- R. Skomski, “Berry Phase from A Randomly Fluctuating Magnetic Field,” J. Appl. Phys. 111, 07E102 [3 pages] (2012).
- R. Skomski, B. Balamurugan, E. Schubert, A. Enders, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Length Scales of Interactions in Magnetic, Dielectric, and Mechanical Nanocomposites,” in: Polymer-based Materials and Composites - Synthesis, Assembly, Properties and Applications (Eds.: Zh.-Yang Cheng, T. Hayakawa, V. Bharti, Zh. Xu, D. A. Wrobleski, M. Chipara, P. M. Ajayan, N. Ali, A. K.-T. Lau, and P. Gopalan), MRS Prodeedings 1312, 171-182 (2011).
- R. Skomski, Zh. Li, R. Zhang, R. D. Kirby, A. Enders, D. Schmidt, T. Hofmann, E. Schubert, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Nanomagnetic Skyrmions,” J. Appl. Phys. 111, 07E116 [3 pages] (2012).
- M. Chipara, R. Skomski, R. Kirby, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Ferromagnetic Resonance on Ni Nanowire Arrays,” J. Mater. Res. 26, 2169-2174 (2011).
- P. Kharel, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Spin Correlations and Electron Transport in MnBi:Au Films,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07B709 [3 pages] (2011).
- P. Kharel, R. Skomski, P. Lukashev, R. Sabirianov, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Spin Correlations and Kondo Effect in a Strong Ferromagnet,” Phys. Rev. B 84, 014431 [5 pages] (2011).
- Z. Li, R. Skomski, S. H. Liou, S. Michalski, M. Chipara, and R. D. Kirby, “Magnetization Precession and Domain Wall Structure in Cobalt-Ruthenium-Cobalt Trilayers,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07C113 [3 pages] (2011).
- S. Michalski, R. Skomski, T. Mukherjee, X.-Zh. Li, Ch. Binek, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic Entropy Changes in Nanogranular Fe:Ni61Cu39,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07A936 [3 pages] (2011).
- X. Wei, D. Le Roy, R. Skomski, X.Z. Li, Z. Sun, J. E. Shield, M.J. Kramer, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structure and Magnetism of MnAu Nanoclusters,”J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07B523 [3 pages] (2011).
b. Partial MRSEC Support—IRG 1
- B. Balasubramanian, K. L. Kraemer, S. R. Valloppilly, S. Ducharme, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Cluster Synthesis of Monodisperse Rutile- TiO2 Nanoparticles and Dielectric TiO2–Vinylidene Fluoride Oligomer Nanocomposites,” Nanotechnology 22, 405605 [8 pages] (2011).
- C. Carbone, S. Gardonio, P. Moras, S. Vlaic, A. Lehnert, S. Ouazi, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, S. Lounis, M. Heide, G. Bihlmayer, P.H. Dederichs, S. Blügel, J. Honolka, A. Enders, and K. Kern, “Self-Assembled Nanoscale Magnetic Networks on Surfaces: Fundamental Interactions and Functional Properties,” Advanced Functional Materials 21 (7), 1212-1228 (2011).
- D. Le Roy, W. Yang, X. Yin, R. Y. Lai, S. H. Liou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “High-Sensitivity Detector for Molecular Sensing Using Magnetic Particles,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E532 [3 pages] (2011).
- S. H. Liou, X. Yin, S. E. Russek, R. Heindl, F. C. S. Da Silva, J. Moreland, D. P. Pappas, L. Yuan, and J. Shen, “Picotesla Magnetic Sensors for Low Frequency Applications,” IEEE Trans. on Magnetics 47, 3740-43 (2011).
- G. Long, H. Zhang, D. Li, R. Sabirianov, Z. Zhang, and H. Zeng, “Magnetic Anisotropy and Coercivity of Fe3Se4 Nanostructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 202103 [3 pages] (2011).
- D. Schmidt, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, “Optical Properties of Cobalt Slanted Columnar Thin Films Passivated by Atomic Layer Deposition,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 011912 [4 pages] (2012). Highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science &Technology.
- D. Schmidt, C. Briley, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, “Vector Magneto-Optical Generalized Ellipsometry on Passivated Permalloy Slanted Columnar Thin Films,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1408, BB15-19 (2012).
- P. Kharel and D. J. Sellmyer, “Anomalous Hall Effect and Electron Transport in Ferromagnetic MnBi Films,” J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 23, 426001 [5 pages] (2011).
- R. Skomski, “Are there Superspin Glasses?,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E149 [3 pages] (2011).
- R. Skomski, A. Kashyap, and A. Enders, “Is the Magnetic Anisotropy Proportional to the Orbital Moment?,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E143 [3 pages] (2011).
- B. Balasubramanian, R. Skomski, X. Z. Li, V. R. Shah, G. C. Hadjipanayis, J. E. Shield, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetism of Cluster-Deposited Y-Co Nanoparticles,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07A707 [3 pages] (2011).
- P. K. Sahota, R. Skomski, A. Enders, D. J. Sellmyer, and A. Kashyap, “Anisotropy of Zigzag Chains of Palladium,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07E322 [3 pages] (2011).
- Y. Liu, T.A. George, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Aligned and Exchange-Coupled FePt-Based Films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 172504 [3 pages] (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3656038.
- P. Manchanda, P. K. Sahota, R. Skomski, P. S. Anil Kumar, and A. Kashyap, “First-Principle Description of Magnonic PdnFem Multilayers,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07C110 [3 pages] (2011).
- V. Sharma, P. Manchanda, R. Skomski, D. J. Sellmyer, and A. Kashyap, “Anisotropy of Heavy Transition Metal Dopants in Co,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07A727 [3 pages] (2011).
- A. Kashyap, P. Manchanda, P. K. Sahota, R. Skomski, J. E. Shield, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Anisotropy of W in Fe and Co,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 47, 3336-3339 (2011).
- T. Hofmann, D. Schmidt, A. Boosalis, P. Kühne, R. Skomski, C. M. Herzinger, J. A. Woollam, M. Schubert, and E. Schubert, “THz dielectric anisotropy of metal slanted columnar thin films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 081903 [2 pages] (2011).
- X. Chen, S. Yang, J.-H. Kim, H.-D. Kim, J.-S. Kim, G. Rojas, R. Skomski, P. A. Dowben, H. Lu, A. Bhattacharya, T. Santos, N. Guisinger, M. Bode, A. Gruverman, and A. Enders, “Ultrathin BaTiO3 Templates for Multiferroic Nanostructures,” New J. Phys. 13, 083037 [10 pages] (2011).
- M. Wu and X. C. Zeng, “Transition-Metal-Molecular Sandwich Nanowires as Magnetic On/Off Switch,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 053121 [3 pages] (2011).
- Z. Zhang, X. C. Zeng, and W. Guo, “Fluorinating Hexagonal Boron Nitride into Diamond-Like Nanofilms with Tunable Band Gap and Ferromagnetism,” J. of the American Chemical Society 133, 14831-14838 (2011).
- Y. Pei, N. Shao, H. Li, D. Jiang, and X. C. Zeng, “Hollow Polyhedral Structures in Small Gold-Sulfide Clusters,” ACS Nano 5, 1441-1449 (2011).
c. Publications resulting from research, but do not acknowledge the MRSEC award—IRG1
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IRG 2
a. Primary MRSEC Support—IRG 2
- A. Baruth and S. Adenwalla, “Domain Size and Structure in Exchange Coupled [Co/Pt]/NiO/[Co/Pt] Multilayers,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 376002 [6 pages] (2011).
- K. D. Belashchenko and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Tunneling Magnetoresistance: Theory,” in Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism, Eds. E. Y. Tsymbal and I. Žutić, Chapter 12 (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis), pp. 233-250 (2011).
- P. Lukashev, K. D. Belashchenko, and R. F. Sabirianov, “Large Magnetoelectric Effect in Ferroelectric/Piezomagnetic Heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. B 84, 134420 [6 pages] (2011
- P. Liu, J. Tang, J. A. Colon Santana, K. D. Belashchenko, and P. A. Dowben, “Ce-doped EuO: Magnetic Properties and the Indirect Band Gap,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07C311 [3 pages] (2011).
- S. Singamaneni, V. N. Bliznyuk, Ch. Binek, and E. Y. Tsymbal, Invited Review: “Magnetic Nanoparticles: Recent Advances in Synthesis, Self-assembly and Applications,” J. Materials Chemistry 21, 16819 - 16845 (2011).
- Y. Wang, X. He, T. Mukherjee, M. R. Fitzsimmons, S. Sahoo, and Ch. Binek, “Magnetometry and Transport Data Complement Polarized Neutron Reflectometry in Magnetic Depth Profiling,” J. Appl. Phys. 110, 103914 [8 pages] (2011).
- P. A. Dowben, N. Wu, and Ch. Binek, “When Measured Spin Polarization is not Spin Polarization,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 171001 [3 pages] (2011).
- N. Wu and P. A. Dowben, “Magnetic Surface States in High Polarization Materials,” in Spintronics IV Eds.: Henri-Jean M. Drouhin, Jean-Eric Wegrowe, Manijeh Razeghi, Proc. of SPIE 8100, 81000T (2011).
- A. Mardana, S. Ducharme, and S. Adenwalla, “Ferroelectric Control of Magnetic Anisotropy,” Nano Letters 11 (9), 3862-3867 (2011).
- E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Gruverman, V. Garcia, M. Bibes, and A. Barthélémy, Invited Review: “Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Tunnel Junctions,” MRS Bulletin 37, 138-43 (2012).
- J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, “A Giant Tunneling Electroresistance Effect Driven by Electrically Controlled Spin Valve at a Complex Oxide Interface,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 157203 [4 pages] (2011). [Featured at APS online publication“Physics” http://physics.aps.org/synopsisfor/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.157203 and in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science &Technology.
- H. Lu, X. Liu, J. D. Burton, Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, D. J. Kim, A. Stamm, P. Lukashev, C.-W. Bark, D. A. Felker, C. M. Folkman, P. Gao, X. Q. Pan, M. S. Rzchowski, C.-B. Eom, E. Y. Tsymbal, and A. Gruverman, “Enhancement of Ferroelectric Polarization Stability by Interface Engineering,” Advanced Materials, published online DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104398 (2012).
b. Partial MRSEC Support—IRG 2
- J. A. Colon Santana, J. M. An, N. Wu, K. D. Belashchenko, X. Wang, P. Liu, J. Tang, Y. Losovyj, I N. Yakovkin, and P. A. Dowben, “Effect of Gadolinium Doping on the Electronic Band Structure of Europium Oxide,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 014406 [9 pages] (2012).
- J. Liu, P. A. Dowben, G. Luo, W.-N. Mei, A. K. Rajapitamahuni, A. Sokolov, S. Karki, and A. N. Caruso, “The Local Structure and I-V Characteristics of Chromium Doped Semiconducting Boron Carbide,” MRS Symposium Proceedings 1307, mrsf10-1307-cc05-01 [6 pages] (2011).
- S. R. McHale, J. W. McClory, J. C. Petrosky, J. Wu, R. Palai, P. A. Dowben, and I. Ketsman, “The Effective Surface Debye Temperature of Yb:GaN,” Materials Letters 65, 1476-1478 (2011).
- S. R. McHale, J. W. McClory, J. C. Petrosky, J. Wu, R. Palai, Ya. B. Losovyj, and P. A. Dowben, “Resonant Photoemission of Rare Earth doped GaN Thin Films,” European Physical Journal: Applied Physics 56, 11301 [6 pages] (2011).
- S. R. McHale, J. W. McClory, J. C. Petrosky, J. Wu, A. Rivera, R. Palai, Ya. B. Losovyj, and P. A. Dowben, “Schottky Barrier Formation at the Au to Rare Earth doped GaN Thin Film Interface,” European Physical Journal: Applied Physics 55, 31301 [8 pages] (2011).
- Z. Zhang, J. Alvira, X. Barbosa, L. G. Rosa, L. Routaboul, P. Braunstein, B. Doudin, and P. A. Dowben, “Lock and Key Adsorption Chemistry: Preferential Absorption of an Isomer of Di-iodobenzene on Molecular Films of Quinonoid Zwitterions,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 2812-2818 (2011).
- R. G. P.McQuaid, L. J. McGilly, P. Sharma, A. Gruverman, and J. M. Gregg, “Mesoscale Flux-Closure Domain Formation in Single-Crystal BaTiO3,” Nature Communications 2, 404 [6 pages] (2011).
- Z. Zhang, R. González, G. Díaz, L. G. Rosa, I. Ketsman, X. Zhang, P. Sharma, A. Gruverman, and P. A. Dowben, “Polarization Mediated Chemistry on Ferroelectric Polymer Surfaces,” J. Phys. Chem 115, 13041-13046 (2011).
- K. B. Rodenhausen, D. Schmidt, T. Kasputis, A. K. Pannier, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, “Generalized Ellipsometry In-Situ Quantification of Organic Adsorbate Attachment within Slanted Columnar Thin Films,” Opt. Express 20, 5419-28 (2012).
- D. Schmidt, C. Müller, T. Hofmann, O. Inganäs, H. Arwin, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, “Optical Properties of Hybrid Titanium Chevron Sculptured Thin Films Coated with a Semiconducting Polymer,” Thin Solid Films 519, 2645-49 (2011).
- J. B. Beaufrand, J. F. Dayen, N. T. Kemp, A. Sokolov, and B. Doudin “Magnetoresistance Signature of Resonant States in Electromigrated Ni Nanocontacts,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 142504 [3 pages] (2011).
- Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism, Eds. E. Y. Tsymbal and I. Žutić (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis) 808 pp. (2011).
- J. D. Burton and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Highly Spin-Polarized Conducting State at the Interface between Non-Magnetic Band Insulators: LaAlO3/FeS2 (001),” Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 166601 [4 pages] (2011).
- J. P. Velev, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, Invited Review: “Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Materials and Interfaces,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 369, 3069-3097 (2011).
c. Publications resulting from research, but do not acknowledge the MRSEC award—IRG2
- L. Wysocki, K. D. Belashchenko, and V. P. Antropov, “Consistent Model of Magnetism in Ferropnictides,” Nature Physics 7, 485-89 (2011).
- J. M. An, S. V. Barabash, V. Ozolins, M. van Schilfgaarde, and K. D. Belashchenko, “First-Principles Study of Phase Stability of Gd-Doped EuO and EuS,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 064105 (2011).
- M. Zhou, F. L. Pasquale, P. A. Dowben, A. Boosalis, M. Schubert, V. Darakchieva, R. Yakimova, L. Kong, and J. A. Kelber, “Direct Graphene Growth on Co3O4(111) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 072201 (2012). Highlighted by IOP Labtalk.
- K.-S. Li, Y.-M. Chang, S. Agilan, J.-Y. Hong, J.-C. Tai, W.-C. Chiang, K. Fukutani, P. A. Dowben, and M.-T. Lin, “Organic Spin Valves with Inelastic Tunneling Characteristics,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 172404 [4 pages] (2011).
- P. Sharma, T. J. Reece, S. Ducharme, and A. Gruverman, “High-Resolution Studies of Domain Switching Behavior in Nanostructured Ferroelectric Polymers,” Nano Letters 11 (5), 1970-1975 (2011).
- K. B. Rodenhausen, T. Kasputis, A. K. Pannier, J. Y. Gerasimov, R. Y. Lai, M. Solinsky, T. E. Tiwald, H. Wang, A. Sarkar, T. Hofmann, N. Ianno, and M. Schubert, “Combined Optical and Acoustical Method for Determination of Thickness and Porosity of Transparent Organic Layers Below the Ultra-thin Film Limit,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 103111 [10 pages] (2011). Selected for publication in Vir. J. Biol. Phys. Res. Vol. 24 (20) (2011) as well as in Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. Vol. 23 (5) (2011).
- E. Montgomery, C. Krahmer, K. Streubel, T. Hofmann, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, “Temperature Dependent Model Dielectric Function of Highly Disordered Ga0.52In0.48P, Thin Solid Films 519, 2859-62 (2011).
- K. B. Rodenhausen, and M. Schubert, “Virtual Separation Approach to Study Porous Ultra-Thin Films by Combined Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Methods,” Thin Solid Films 519, 2772-2776 (2011).
- K. B. Rodenhausen, B. A. Duensing, T. Kasputis, A. K. Pannier, T. Hofmann, M. Schubert, T. E. Tiwald, M. Solinsky, and M. Wagner, “In-Situ Monitoring of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayer Chemisorption with Combined Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Techniques,” Thin Solid Films 519, 2817-2820 (2011).
- K. B. Rodenhausen, M. Guericke, A. Sarkar, T. Hofmann, N. Ianno, M. Schubert, T. E. Tiwald, M. Solinsky, and M. Wagner, “Micelle-Assisted Bilayer Formation of Cetyltrimethlyammonium Bromide Thin Films Studied with Combinatorial Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Techniques,” Thin Solid Films 519, 2821-2824 (2011).
- E. Y. Tsymbal, News and Views: “Spintronics: Electric toggling of magnets,” Nature Materials 11, 12-13 (2012).
Seeds
a. Primary MRSEC Support—Seeds
- P. Lougovski and H. Batelaan, “Quantum description and properties of electrons emitted from pulsed nanotip electron sources,” Phys. Rev. A 84, 023417 [11 pages] (2011).
- M.A. Peck, Y. Huh, R. Skomski, R. Zhang, P. Kharel, M. D. Allison, D. J. Sellmyer, and M. A. Langell, “Magnetic Properties of NiO and (Ni,Zn)O Nanoclusters,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07B518 [3 pages] (2011).
b. Partial MRSEC Support—Seeds
- S. J. P. Cañete, Z. Zhang, V. L. Schlegel, B. A. Plantz, P. A. Dowben, and R. Y. Lai, “Application of Synchrotron FTIR Microspectroscopy for Determination of Spatial Distribution of Methylene Blue Conjugated onto a SAM via “click” Chemistry,” Chem. Comm. 47, 11918-11920 (2011).
- B. Yang, Y. Yuan, S. Poddar, P. Sharma, R. Korlacki, S. Ducharme, A. Gruverman, R. Saraf, and J. Huang, “Tuning the Energy Level Offset of Donor and Acceptor with Ferroelectric Dipole Layers for Increased Efficiency in Bilayer Organic Photovoltaic Cells,” Advanced Materials, published online DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104509 (2012).
- G. Singh, D. Moore, and R. F. Saraf, “Localized Electrochemistry on a 10 mm Spot on a Monolith Large Electrode: An Avenue for Electrochemical Microarray Analysis,” Analytical Chemistry 81, 6055-6060 (2009).
c. Publications resulting from research, but do not acknowledge the MRSEC award—Seeds
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