MRSEC-Supported Publications
April 2005 - March 2006
Primary MRSEC Support - IRG 1
1. Michelle D. Chabot, John M. Moreland, Lan Gao, Sy-Hwang Liou, and Casey W. Miller, “Novel Fabrication of Micromechanical Oscillators with Nanoscale Sensitivity at Room Temperature,” Journal of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) 14, 1118 (2005).
2.P. Rasmussen, X. Rui, and J. E. Shield, “Texture Formation in FePt Thin Films via Thermal Stress Management,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 191915 (2005).
3. X. Rui, Z. G. Sun, Y. Xu, D. J. Sellmyer, and J. E. Shield, “Cluster-Assembled Exchange-Spring Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10K310 (2005).
4. D. J. Sellmyer, Y. C. Sui, Y. F. Xu, M. L. Yan, K. D. Sorge, and R. Skomski, “Nanomagnetic Structures: Fabrication and Interactions,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 835E, IG.1.1-11 (2005).
5. D. J. Sellmyer, H. Zeng, M. Yan, S. Sun, and Y. Liu, “New Magnetic Recording Media,” in Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials, Vol. 4: Properties and Applications, eds. Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, (Springer, Berlin, 2006), pp. 211-240.
6. David Sellmyer and Ralph Skomski, Eds., Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures (Springer, Berlin, 2006).
7. R. Skomski, A. Kashyap, J. Zhou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Anisotropic Exchange,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10B302 (2005).
8. R. Skomski, J. Zhou, A. Y. Istomin, A. F. Starace, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic Materials for Finite-Temperature Quantum Computing,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10R511 (2005).
9. R. Skomski, J. Zhou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Relaxation in Magnetic Nanostructures,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10A702 (2005).
10. R. Skomski, J. Zhou, P. Dowben, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Noncollinear Spin States and Competing Interactions in Half-Metals and Magnetic Perovskites,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10C305 (2005).
11. K. D. Sorge, R. Skomski, M. Daniil, S. Michalski, L. Gao, J. Zhou, M. Yan, Y. Sui, R. D. Kirby, S.-H. Liou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Geometry and Magnetism of L10 Nanostructures,” Scripta Mat. 53, 457 (2005).
12. Y. C. Sui, W. Liu, L. P. Yue, X. Z. Li, J. Zhou, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Template-Mediated Assembly of FePt L10 Clusters Under External Magnetic Field,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10J304 (2005).
13. Y. F. Xu, M.L. Yan, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Cluster-Assembled Nanocomposites” in Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures, David Sellmyer and Ralph Skomski, eds. (Springer, Berlin, 2006), pp. 207-238.
14. Y. Xu, M. L. Yan, J. Zhou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic Properties of Dilute FePt:C Nano-Cluster Films,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10J320 (2005).
15. M. L. Yan, Y. F. Xu, X. Z. Li, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Highly (001) Oriented Ni-Doped L10 FePt Films and Their Magnetic Properties,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10H306 (2005).
16. T. Yokota, M. Yan, Y. Xu, L. Gao, R. Zhang, L. Nicholl, L. Yuan, R. Skomski, D. J. Sellmyer, S.-H. Liou, C. Lai, and C. Yang, “Magnetic Properties and L10 Phase Formation of FePt Films Prepared by High Current-Density Ion-Beam Irradiation and Rapid-Thermal Annealing Methods,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10H306 (2005).
17. L. Yuan, J. X. Shen, Bharat B. Pant, and S.-H. Liou, “Imaging Magnetic Noise Sources in Magnetic Recording Heads,” (invited) SPIE 5843 (2005).
18. J. Zhou, R. Skomski, A. Kashyap, K. D. Sorge, Y. Sui, M. Daniil, L. Gao, J. Zhou, M. L. Yan, S.-H. Liou, R. D. Kirby, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Highly Coercive Thin-Film Nanostructures,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 290-291, 227-230 (2005).
19. J. Zhou, R. Skomski, Y. Liu, Y.C. Sui, W. Liu, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Rapidly Annealed Exchange-Coupled Sm-Co/Co Multilayers,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10K304 (2005).
20. J. Zhou, R. Skomski, K. D. Sorge, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetization Reversal in Particulate L10 Nanostructures,” Scripta Mat. 53, 453-456 (2005).
21. A. Kashyap, R. F. Sabirianov, and S. S. Jaswal, “Spin-Polarized Electronic Structure,” in Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures, eds. D.J. Sellmyer and R. Skomski (Springer, New York, 2006), pp. 13-39.
Primary MRSEC Support - IRG 2
1. P. A. Dowben and B. Doudin, “On the Importance of Defects in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions,” in Local Moment Ferromagnets: Unique Properties for Modern Applications, Lecture Notes in Physics 678, Springer (2005), eds. M. Donath and W. Nolting, pp. 309-326.
2. P. A. Dowben and S. J. Jenkins, “The Limits to Spin-Polarization in Finite-Temperature Half-Metallic Ferromagnets,” in Frontiers in Magnetic Materials, edited by Anant Narlikar, Springer Verlag (2005), pp. 295-325.
3. Hae-Kyung Jeong, R. Skomski, D. Wisbey, and P. A. Dowben, “Magnon-Plasmon Interactions,” Phys. Lett. A 341, 508-515 (2005).
4. Ya. B. Losovyj and P. A. Dowben, “Changes in Electronic Structure through a Disorder Transition in Gadolinium Adlayers on W(112),” J. Alloys Comp. 401, 155-159 2005).
5. J. Velev, R. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 127203 (2005).
6. J. Velev, K. D. Belashchenko, D. Stewart, M. van Schilfgaarde, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Negative Spin Polarization and Large Tunneling Magnetoresistance in Epitaxial Co/SrTiO3/Co Magnetic Tunnel Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 216601 (2005).
Partial MRSEC Support - IRG 1
1. Nguyen H. Hai, Raymond Lemoine, Shaina Remboldt, Michelle A. Strand, Steve Wignall, Jeffrey E. Shield, and Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, “The Stability and Oxidation Resistance of Iron- and Cobalt-Based Magnetic Nanoparticle Fluids Fabricated by Inert-Gas Condensation,” in Nanoscale Materials Science in Biology and Medicine, edited by C. T. Laurencin and E. A. Botchwey (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 845 Warrendale, PA, 2005) p. AA5.44.
2. Nguyen H. Hai, Raymond Lemoine, Shaina Rembolt, Michelle Strand, Jeffrey E. Shield, David Schmitter, Robert H. Kraus, Jr., Michelle Espy, and Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky, “Iron- and Cobalt-Based Magnetic Fluids Produced By Inert-Gas Condensation,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 293, 75-79 (2005).
3. W. Liu, Y. Liu, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Nanostructured Exchange-Coupled Magnets,” in Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials, Vol. 1: Nanostructural Effects, eds. Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, (Springer, Berlin, 2006), pp. 182-266.
4. W. Liu, Y. C. Sui, J. Zhou, X. K. Sun, C. L. Chen, Z. D. Zhang, and D. J. Sellmyer, “The Effects of the Thickness of Magnetically Hard- and Soft-Phase Layers on Magnetic Properties and Exchange Coupling in Multilayer Magnets,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10K303 (2005).
5. Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, Eds., Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials, Vol. 1: Nanostructural Effects, Vol. 2: Characterization and Simulation, Vol. 3: Fabrication and Processing, Vol. 4: Properties and Applications, (Springer, Berlin, 2006).
6. Y. Liu, M. Yu, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanostructured Magnetic Materials,” in Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials, Vol. 2: Characterization and Simulation, eds. Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, (Springer, Berlin, 2006), pp. 113-150.
7. Y. Liu, M. Zheng, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Laser Processing of Magnetic Materials,” in Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials, Vol. 3: Fabrication and Processing, eds. Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, (Springer, Berlin, 2006), pp. 69-87.
8. M. A. Morales, Tapan Kumar Jain, V. Labhasetwar, and D. L. Leslie-Pelecky, “Magnetic Studies of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with Oleic Acid and Pluronic® Block Copolymer,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10Q905 (2005).
9. A. K. Pradhan, Kai Zhang, D. Hunter, J. Dadson, G. B. Loutts, P. Bhattacharya, R. Katiyar, J. Zhang, D. J. Sellmyer, U. N. Roy, Y. Cui, and A. Burger, “Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Single-Phase Multiferroic BiFeO3,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 093903 (2005).
10. A. K. Pradhan, D. Hunter, Kai Zhang, J. B. Dadson, S. Mohanty, T. M. Williams, K. Lord, R. R. Rakhimov, U. N. Roy, Y. Cui, A. Burger, Jun Zhang, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic and Spectroscopic Characteristics of ZnMnO System,” Appl. Surf. Sci. 262, 1628 (2005).
11. A. K. Pradhan, Kai Zhang, S. Mohanty, J. B Dadson, D. Hunter, J. Zhang, D. J. Sellmyer, U. N. Roy, Y. Cui, A. Burger, S. Mathews, B. Joseph, B. R. Sekhar, and B. K. Roul, “High Temperature Ferromagnetism in Pulsed-Laser Deposited Epitaxial (Zn,Mn)O Thin Films: Effects of Substrate Temperature,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 152511 (2005).
12. A. K. Pradhan, D. Hunter, J. B. Dodson, T. M. Williams, K. Zhang, K. Lord, B. Lasely, R. Rakhimov, J. Zhang, D. J. Sellmyer, U. Roy, Y. Cui, A. Burger, C. Hopkins, N. Pearson, and A. Wilkerson, “Ferromagnetism in Nanocrystalline Epitaxial Co:TiO2 Thin Films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 222503 (2005).
13. P. M. Shand, C. C. Stark, D. Williams, M. A. Morales, T. M. Pekarek, and D. L. Leslie-Pelecky, “Spin Glass or Random Anisotropy?: The Origin of Magnetically Glassy Behavior in Nanostructured GdAl2,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10J505 (2005).
14. R. Skomski, J. Li, J. Zhou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Multiscale Phenomena in Bruggeman Composites,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol. 851, 27-38 (2005).
15. R. Skomski and D. J. Sellmyer, “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Properties of Magnetic Nanostructures,” in Handbook of Advanced Magnetic Materials, Vol. 1: Nanostructural Effects, eds. Y. Liu, D. J. Sellmyer, D. Shindo, (Springer, Berlin, 2006), pp. 1-57.
16. M. A. Strand, S. Wignall, and D. L. Leslie-Pelecky, “Research Experiences for Teachers in Materials Science: A Case Study,” in Communicating Materials Science-Education for the 21st Century, edited by S. Baker, F. Goodchild, W. Crone, and S. Rosevear (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 861E, Warrendale, PA, 2005) p. PP3.4.
17. J. Zhang, X. Z. Li, B. Xu, and D. J. Sellmyer, “The Influence of Nitrogen Growth Pressure on the Ferromagnetism in Cr-Doped AlN Thin Films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 212504 (2005).
18. J. Zhang, S.-H. Liou, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Epitaxial Growth and Magnetic Properties of Cr-doped AlN Thin Films,” J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 17, 3137-3142 (2005).
19. J. Zhang, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Sample Preparation and Annealing Effects on the Ferromagnetism in Mn-Doped ZnO,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10D303 (2005).
Partial MRSEC Support - IRG 2
1. K. D. Belashchenko, J. Velev, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Effect of Interface States on Spin-Dependent Tunneling in Fe/MgO/Fe Tunnel Junctions,” Phys. Rev. B 72, R140404 (2005).
2. K. D. Belashchenko, E. Y. Tsymbal, I. I. Oleinik, and M. van Schilfgaarde, “Positive Spin Polarization in Co/Al2O3/Co Tunnel Junctions Driven by Oxygen Adsorption,” Phys. Rev. B 71, 224422 (2005).
3. Ch. Binek, A. Hochstrat, X. Chen, P. Borisov, W. Kleemann, and B. Doudin, “Electrically Controlled Exchange Bias for Spintronic Applications,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10C514 (2005).
4. Lei Cai, Hongwei Qu, Chenxi Lu, S. Ducharme, P. A. Dowben, and Jiandi Zhang, “The Surface Structure of Ultra-Thin P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Films on Graphite,” Phys. Rev. B 70, 155411 (2004).
5. A. N. Caruso, D. L. Schulz, and P. A. Dowben, “Metal Hybridization and Electronic Structure of Tris(8-hydroxyquinolato)aluminum (Alq3),” Chem. Phys. Lett. 413, 321-325 (2005).
6. David Keith Chambers, Srikanth Karanam, Difei Qi, Sandra Selmic, Ya. B. Losovyj, Luis G. Rosa and P. A. Dowben, “The Electronic Structure of Oriented poly(2-methoxy-5-(2’-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene),” Appl. Phys. A 80, 483-488 (2005).
7. Jaewu Choi, E. Morikawa, S. Ducharme, and P. A. Dowben, “Comparison of Crystalline Thin Poly(vinylidene (70%) - trifluoroethylene (30%)) Copolymer Films with Short Chain Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Films,” Mat. Lett. 59, 3599-3603 (2005).
8. Chun-gang Duan, Takashi Komesu, Hae-Kyung Jeong, C. N. Borca, Wei-Guo Yin, Jianjun Liu, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, A. G. Petukhov, B. D. Schultz, and C. J. Palmstrøm, “Hybridization between 4f-5d states in ErAs(100),” Surf. Rev. Lett. 11, No. 6, 531-539 (2004).
9. Chun-gang Duan, R. F. Sabirianov, Jianjun Liu, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, and J. R. Hardy, “Theoretical Study of the Magnetic Ordering in Rare-Earth Compounds with Face-Centered-Cubic Structure,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10A915 (2005).
10. Chun-gang Duan, R. F. Sabirianov, Jianjun Liu, W. N. Mei, P. A. Dowben, and J. R. Hardy, “Strain Induced Half Metal to Semiconductor Transition in GdN,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 237201 (2005).
11. D.-Q. Feng, A. N. Caruso, D. L. Schulz, Ya. B. Losovyj, and P. A. Dowben, “Photohole Screening Effects in Polythiophenes with Pendant Groups,” J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 16382-16389 (2005).
12. D.-Q. Feng, R. Rajesh, J. Redepenning, and P. A. Dowben, “The Anomalous “Stiffness” of Biphenydimethyldithiol,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 181918 (2005).
13. D.-Q. Feng, D. Wisbey, Y. Tai, Ya. B. Losovyj, M. Zharnikov, and P. A. Dowben, “Abnormal Temperature Dependence of Photoemission Intensity Mediated by Thermally Driven Reorientation of a Monomolecular Film,” J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 1095-1098 (2006).
14. W. He, S. Schuetz, R. Solanki, J. Belot, and J. McAndrew, “Atomic Layer Deposition of Lanthanum Oxide Films for High-κ Gate Dielectrics,” Electrochem. Solid State Lett. 7, G131-G133 (2004).
15. Carolina C. Ilie, Petru Lunca-Popa, Jiandi Zhang, Bernard Doudin,and Peter A. Dowben, “Mercury and C2B10 Icosahedra Interaction,” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 848, FF6.5.1-FF6.5.6 (2005).
16. Carolina C. Ilie, Snjezana Balaz, Luis G. Rosa, Jiandi Zhang, P. Lunca-Popa, Christopher Bianchetti, Roland Tittsworth, J. I. Brand, B. Doudin, and P. A. Dowben, “The Coadsorption and Interaction of Molecular Icosahedra with Mercury,” Appl. Phys. A 81, 1613-1618 (2005).
17. Natalie Palina, H. Modrow, R. Müller, J. Hormes, P. A. Dowben, and Ya. B. Losovyj, “The Electronic Structure and Band Hybridization of Co/Ti Doped BaFe12O19,” Mat. Lett. 60, 236-240 (2006).
18. Matt Poulsen, S. Ducharme, A. V. Sorokin, S. Reddy, J. M. Takacs, Y. Wen, J. Kim, and S. Adenwalla, “Investigation of Ferroelectricity in Newly Synthesized Nitrile Polymer Systems,” Ferroelectrics Lett. 32, 85-89 (2005).
19. Luis G. Rosa, Ya. B. Losovyj, Jaewu Choi, and P. A. Dowben, “Vibronic Coupling in the Valence Band Photoemission of the Ferroelectric Copolymer: poly(vinylidene fluoride) (70%) and trifluoroethylene (30%),” J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 7817-7820 (2005).
20. R. Sabirianov, A. K. Solanki, J. D. Burton, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Domain Wall Magnetoresistance in Co Nanowires,” Phys. Rev. B 72, 054443 (2005).
21. E. Y. Tsymbal and K. D. Belashchenko, “Role of Interface Bonding in Spin-Dependent Tunneling,” J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10C910 (2005).
22. E. Y. Tsymbal and D. J. Sellmyer, “Galvanometric and Related Effects,” in Encyclopedia of Physics, eds. R.G. Lerner and G. L. Trigg, 3-d edition (Berlin: Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2005), pp. 866-871.
23. M. Ye. Zhuravlev, R. F. Sabirianov, S. S. Jaswal, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “Giant Electroresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 246802 (2005).
24. M. Ye. Zhuravlev, S. S. Jaswal, E. Y. Tsymbal, and R. F. Sabirianov, “Ferroelectric Switch for Spin Injection,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 222114 (2005).
25. M. Ye. Zhuravlev, J. D. Burton, A. V. Vedyayev, and E. Y. Tsymbal, “A Symmetric Green Function for the Noncollinear Magnetic Multilayer,” J. Phys. A: Mathematical and General 38, 5547–5556 (2005).
26. Ch. Binek, S. Polisetty, Xi He, and A. Berger, “Exchange Bias Training Effect in Coupled all Ferromagnetic Bilayer Structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 067201 (2006).
Partial MRSEC Support - Seeds
1. Y. Gao, S. Bulusu, and X. C. Zeng, “Gold-Caged Metal Clusters with Large HOMO-LUMO Gap and High Electron Affinity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 15680-15681 (2005).
2. Y. Gao and X. C. Zeng, “Au42: An Alternative Icosahedral Golden Fullerene Cage,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 3698-3699 (2005).
3. J. Shi, Y. F. Lu, K. F. Tan, and X. W. Wang, “Catalytical Growth of Carbon Nanotubes/Fibers from Nanocatalysts Prepared by Laser Pulverization of Nickel Sulfate,” J. Appl. Phys. 99, 024312 (1-7) (2006).