MRSEC-Supported Publications
April 2013 - March 2014
IRG 1
a. Primary MRSEC Support—IRG 1
- P. Manchanda, P. Kumar, A. Kashyap, M. J. Lucis, J. E. Shield, A. Mubarok, J. I. Goldstein, S. Constantinides, K. Barmak, L. H. Lewis, D. J. Sellmyer, and R. Skomski, “Intrinsic properties of Fe-substituted L10 magnets,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 49, 5194-5198 (2013).
- 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,” J. of Alloys and Compounds 517, 40-44 (2012).
- P. Manchanda, P. Kumar, R. Skomski, and A. Kashyap, “Magnetoelectric effect in organometallic vanadium-benzene wires,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 568, 121-124 (2013).
- R. Zhang, T. A. George, P. Kharel, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Susceptibility of Fe atoms in Cu clusters,” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 17E148 [3 pages] (2013).
- X. Wei, R. Zhou, W. Lefebvre, K. He, D. Le Roy, R. Skomski, X. Li , J. E. Shield, M. J. Kramer, S. Chen, X. C. Zeng, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structural and magnetic evolution of bimetallic MnAu clusters driven by asymmetric atomic migration,” Nano Lett. 14, 1362-1368 (2014).
b. Partial MRSEC Support—IRG 1
- X. Yin, Q. Jiao, L. Yuan, and S. H. Liou, “MEMS torsion oscillator magnetic field sensors,” IEEE Trans. on Magnetics 49, 3890-3892 (2013).
- Y. Wang, D. Le Roy, J. Jiang, H. X. Wei, X. Yin, S. H. Liou, and X. F. Han, “Nonlinear temperature dependent nucleation field in perpendicular exchange spring typed magnetic tunnel junctions” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 17C113 [3 pages] (2013).
- Y. Wang, X. Yin, D. Le Roy, J. Jiang, H. X. Wei, S. H. Liou, and X. F. Han, “Magnetization reversal and enhanced tunnel magnetoresistance ratio in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions based on exchange spring electrodes,” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 133906 [8 pages] (2013).
- N. Al-Aqtash, F. Apostol, W.-N. Mei, and R. F. Sabirianov, “Electronic and optical properties of TaO1−xN1+x-based alloys,” J. of Solid State Chemistry 198, 337-343 (2013).
- D. Schmidt, C. Briley, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, “Vector magneto-optical generalized ellipsometry of sculptured thin films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 123109 [4 pages] (2013).
- D. Liang, D. Schmidt, H. Wang, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, "Generalized ellipsometry effective medium approximation analysis approach for porous slanted columnar thin films infiltrated with polymer,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 111906 [5 pages] (2013).
- C. Phatak, Y. Liu, E. B. Gulsoy, D. Schmidt, E. Schubert, and A. Petford-Long, “Visualization of the magnetic structure of sculpted three-dimensional cobalt nanospirals,” Nano Lett. 14, 759-764 (2014).
- R. Barua, F. Jimenez-Villacorta, J. E. Shield, D. Heiman, and L. H. Lewis, “Nanophase stability in a granular ReRh-Cu system,” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 17B523 [3 pages] (2013).
- R. Barua, X. J. Jiang, F. Jiminez-Villacorta, J. E. Shield, D. Heiman, and L. H. Lewis, “Tuning the magnetostructural phase transition in FeRh nanocomposites,” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 023910 [6 pages] (2013).
- E. Folcke, J. M. Le Breton, W. Lefebvre, J. Bran, R. Lardé, F. Golkar, and J. E. Shield, “Investigation of the magnetic properties of FeAu nanoclusters in a W matrix: evidence for exchange-bias phenomenon,” J. Appl Phys. 113, 183903 [5 pages] (2013).
- D. J. Sellmyer, B. Balamurugan, W. Y. Zhang, B. Das, R. Skomski, P. Kharel, and Y. Liu, “Advances in rare-earth-free permanent magnets,” The 8th Pacific Rim International Congress on Advanced Materials and Processing, Ed. F. Marquis, TMS: Wiley, pp. 1689-1696 (2013).
- P. Kharel and D. J. Sellmyer, “High anisotropy Mn alloys for permanent-magnet applications,” Magnetics Technology International UKIP Media & Events, Ltd., pp. 28-31 (2013).
- Y. Yu, X.-Z. Li, T. A. George, W. D. Fei, H. Li, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Low temperature ordering and high (001) orientation of [Fe/Pt/Cu]18 multilayer films,” Thin Solid Films 531, 460–465 (2013).
- R. Skomski, P. Kumar, G. C. Hadjipanayis, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Finite-temperature micromagnetism,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 49, 3229-3232 (2013).
- R. Skomski, P. Manchanda, P. Kumar, B. Balamurugan, A. Kashyap, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Predicting the future of permanent-magnet materials,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 49, 3215-3220 (2013).
- P. Manchanda, R. Skomski, N. Bordeaux, L. H. Lewis, and A. Kashyap, “Transition-metal and metalloid substitutions in L10-ordered FeNi,” J. Appl. Phys. 115, 17A710 [3 pages] (2014).
- P. Kharel, V. R. Shah, R. Skomski, J. E. Shield, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetism of MnBi- based nanomaterials,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 49, 3318-3321 (2013).
- X. Wei, R. Georgescu, N. Ali, I. Morjan, T. A. George, F. Dumitrache, R. Birjega, M. Chipara, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “On the Synthesis and physical properties of Iron doped SnO2 nanoparticles, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 12, 9299-9301 (2012).
- B. Das, B. Balamurugan, R. Skomski, X. Z. Li, P. Mukherjee, G. C. Hadjipanayis, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structure and magnetism of dilute Co(Zr) nanoclusters,” J. Appl. Phys. 113, 17B509 [3 pages] (2013).
- B. Das, B. Balamurugan, P. Kumar, R. Skomski, V. R. Shah, J. E. Shield, A. Kashyap, and D. J. Sellmyer, “HfCo7-based rare-earth-free permanent-magnet alloys,” IEEE Trans. Magn. 49, 3330-3333 (2013).
- Y. Huh, P. Kharel, V. R. Shah, X. Z. Li, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, "Magnetism and electron transport of MnyGa (1<y<2) nanostructures,” J. Appl. Phys. 114, 013906 [5 pages] (2013).
- Y. Huh, P. Kharel, V. R. Shah, E. Krage, R. Skomski, J. E. Shield, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic and structural properties of rapidly quenched tetragonal MnyGa (1<y<2) nanostructures,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 49, 3277-3280 (2013).
- M. Wu, X. C. Zeng, and Puru Jena, “Unusual magnetic properties of functionalized graphene nanoribbons,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 2482-2488 (2013).
c. Publications resulting from research, but do not acknowledge the MRSEC award—IRG1
- N. Al-Aqtash and R. F. Sabirianov, “Spin density wave in periodically strained graphene nanoribbon,” Nanoscale, published online, DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06199J (2014).
- P. Kumar, A. Kashyap, B. Balamurugan, J. E. Shield, D. J. Sellmyer, and R. Skomski, “Permanent magnetism of intermetallic compounds between light and heavy transition-metal elements,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 064209 [8 pages] (2014).
- R. Skomski, A. Enders, and A. Kashyap, “Advanced first-principle computational modeling,” Magnetics Technology International UKIP Media & Events, Ltd., pp. 50-53 (2013).
- B. Balasubramanian, B. Das, R. Skomski, W. Y. Zhang, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Novel nanostructured rare-earth-free magnetic materials with high energy products,” Adv. Mater. 25, 6090-6093 (2013).
- B. Balamurugan, B. Das, W. Y. Zhang, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Hf-Co and Zr-Co alloys for rare-earth-free permanent magnets,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 064204 [8 pages] (2014).
- L. H. Lewis, A. Mubarok, E. Poirier, N. Bordeaux, P. Manchanda, A. Kashyap, R. Skomski, J. Goldstein, F. E. Pinkerton, R. K. Mishra, R. C. Kubic Jr., and K. Barmak, “Inspired by nature: investigating tetrataenite for permanent magnet applications,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 064213 [10 pages] (2014).
IRG 2
a. Primary MRSEC Support—IRG 2
- U. Singh and S. Adenwalla, “Effect of fast strain on Co/Pt multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy,” Proc. SPIE 8813, Spintronics VI, 88131R (2013).
- S. Mu, A. L. Wysocki, and K. D. Belashchenko, “Effect of substitutional doping on the Neel temperature of Cr2O3,” Phys. Rev. B 87, 054435 [11 pages] (2013).
- W. Echtenkamp and C. Binek, “Electric control of exchange bias training,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 187204 [5 pages] (2013).
- J. Wang, J. A. Colón Santana, N. Wu, C. Karunakaran, J. Wang, P. A. Dowben, and C. Binek, “Magnetoelectric Fe2TeO6 thin films,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 055012 [9 pages] (2014).
- X. Zhang, N. Wu, M. Manno, C. Leighton, E. Vescovo, and P. A. Dowben, “Resonant photoemission and spin polarization of Co1-xFexS2,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 012001 [5 pages] (2013).
- T. H. Vo, M. Shekhirev, D. A. Kunkel, M. D. Morton, E. Berglund, L. Kong, P. M. Wilson, P. A. Dowben, A. Enders, and A. Sinitskii, “Large-Scale solution synthesis of narrow graphene nanoribbons,” Nature Communications 5, 3189 [8 pages] (2014).
- A. Sokolov, L. Zhang, I. Dubenko, T. Samanta, S. Stadler, and N. Ali, “Evidence of martensitic phase transitions in magnetic Ni-Mn-In thin films,” Appl. Phys. Letts. 102, 072407 [3 pages] (2013).
- E. Y. Tsymbal and P. A. Dowben, “Grand challenges in condensed matter physics: From knowledge to innovation,” Frontiers in Physics 1, 32 [4 pages] (2013).
- E. Y. Tsymbal and A. Gruverman, Ferroelectric tunnel junctions: Beyond the barrier,” Nature Materials 12, 602-604 (2013).
b. Partial MRSEC Support—IRG 2
- L. Ke, K. D. Belashchenko, M. van Schilfgaarde, T. Kotani, and V. P. Antropov, “Effects of alloying and strain on the magnetic properties of Fe16N2,” Phys. Rev. B 88, 024404 [9 pages] (2013).
- L. Fallarino, A. Berger, and C. Binek, “Giant temperature dependence of the spin reversal field in magnetoelectric chromia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 022403 [4 pages] (2014).
- Y. Wang, L. Kong, F. L. Pasquale, Y. Cao, B. Dong, I. Tanabe, C. Binek, P. A. Dowben, and J. A. Kelber, “Graphene mediated domain formation in exchange coupled graphene/Co3O4(111)/Co(0001) trilayers,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25, 472203 [4 pages] (2013).
- J. Carvell, R. Cheng, P. A. Dowben, and Q. Yang, “Induced magneto-electric coupling in ferroelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 072902 [4 pages] (2013).
- L. Wang, W.-N. Mei, and P. A. Dowben, “The surface states of lithium tetraborate,” J. Phys. Condens. Matter 4, 045014 [5 pages] (2013).
- T. H. Vo, M. Shekhirev, D. A. Kunkel, M. D. Morton, E. Berglund, L. Kong, P. M. Wilson, P. A. Dowben, A. Enders, and A. Sinitskii, “Large-Scale solution synthesis of narrow graphene nanoribbons,” Nature Communications 5, 3189 [8 pages] (2014).
- S. Simpson, D. A. Kunkel, J. Hooper, J. Nitz, P. A. Dowben, L. Routaboul, P. Braunstein, B. Doudin, A. Enders, and E. Zurek, “Coverage-dependent interactions at the organics–metal interface: quinonoid zwitterions on Au(111),” J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 16406-16415 (2013).
- B. Echeverría, F. L. Pasquale, J. A. Colón Santana, L. Zhang, R. James, A. Sokolov, J. A. Kelber, and P. A. Dowben, “Significant magneto-resistive effects in boron carbide thin films,” Mater. Lett. 110, 20-23 (2013).
- A. Dugan, R. L. Hengehold, S. R. McHale, J. A. Colón Santana, J. W. McClory, V. T. Adamiv, Ya. V. Burak, Ya. B. Losovyj, and P. A. Dowben, “Reversible Mn segregation at the polar surface of lithium tetraborate,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 161602 [4 pages] (2013).
- T. D. Kelly, L. Kong, D. A. Buchanan, A. T. Brant, J. Petrosky, J. W. McClory, V. T. Adamiv, Ya.V. Burak, and P. A. Dowben, “EXAFS and EPR analysis of the local structure of Mn doped Li2B4O7,” Phys. Status Solidi B 250, 1376-1383 (2013).
- L. Kong, L. Routaboul, P. Braunstein, H.-G. Park, J. Choi, J. P. Colón Córdova, E. Vega, L. G. Rosa, B. Doudin, and P. A. Dowben, “Adsorption of TCNQH-functionalized quinonoid zwitterions on gold and graphene: evidence for dominant intermolecular interactions,” RSC Advances 3, 10956-10961 (2013).
- D. A. Kunkel, J. Hooper, S. Simpson, G. A. Rojas, S. Ducharme, T. Usher, E. Zurek, and A. Enders, “Proton transfer in surface-stabilized chiral motifs of croconic acid,” Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications) 87, 041402 [4 pages] (2013).
- R. Gaynutdinov, M. Minnekaev, S. Mitko, A. Tolstikhina, A. Zenkevich, S. Ducharme, and V. Fridkin, “Scaling of the coercive field in ferroelectrics at the nanoscale,” JETP Letters 98 (5-6), 380-382 (2013).
- R. V. Gaynutdinov, M. Minnekaev, S. Mitko, A. Tolstikhina, A. Zenkevich, S. Ducharme, and V. M. Fridkin, “Polarization switching kinetics in ultrathin ferroelectric barium titanate films,” Physica B: Condensed Matter 424, 8-12 (2013).
- D. A. Kunkel, J. Hooper, S. Simpson, S. Beniwal, K. L. Morrow, D. C. Smith, K. Cousins, S. Ducharme, E. Zurek, and A. Enders, “Rhodizonic acid on noble metals: Surface reactivity and coordination chemistry,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 3413-3419 (2013).
- C. Christophis, E. A. Cavalcanti-Adam, M. Hanke, K. Kitamura, A. Gruverman, M. Grunze, P. A. Dowben, and A. Rosenhahn, “Adherent cells avoid polarization gradients on periodically poled LiTaO3 ferroelectrics,” Biointerfaces 8, 27 [9 pages] (2013).
- P. Sharma, R. G. P. McQuaid, L. J. McGilly, J. M. Gregg, and A. Gruverman, “Nanoscale dynamics of superdomain boundaries in single-crystal BaTiO3 lamellae,” Adv. Mater. 25, 1323-1330 (2013).
- A. Stamm, D. J. Kim, H. Lu, C. W. Bark, C. B. Eom, and A. Gruverman, “Investigation of polarization relaxation kinetics in ultrathin ferroelectric capacitors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 092901 [4 pages] (2013).
- F. Wong, G. Perez, M. Bonilla, J. A. Colón Santana, X. Zhang, P. Sharma, A. Gruverman, P. A. Dowben, and L. G. Rosa, “Changing molecular band offsets in polymer blends of (P3HT/P(VDF-TrFE)) Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Poly(vinylidene fluoride with trifluoroethylene) due to ferroelectric poling,” RSC Advances 4, 3020-3027 (2014).
- Y. W. Yin, J. D. Burton, Y.-M. Kim, A. Y. Borisevich, S. J. Pennycook, S. M. Yang, T. W. Noh, A. Gruverman, X. G. Li, E. Y. Tsymbal, and Q. Li, “Enhanced tunnelling electroresistance effect due to a ferroelectrically induced phase transition at a magnetic complex oxide interface,” Nature Materials 12, 397-402 (2013).
- Y. Zhou, N. J. Lawrence, L. Wang, L. Kong, T. S. Wu, J. Liu, Y. Gao, J. R. Brewer, V. K. Lawrence, R. F. Sabirianov, Y. L. Soo, X. C. Zeng, P. A. Dowben, W.-N. Mei, and C. L. Cheung, “Resonant photoemission observations and DFT study of s-d hybridization in catalytically active gold clusters on ceria nanorods,” Angewandte Chemie - Int. Ed. 52, 6936-6939 (2013).
- M. Wu, J. D. Burton, E. Y. Tsymbal, X. C. Zeng, and P. Jena, “Hydroxyl-decorated graphene systems as candidates for organic metal-free ferroelectrics, multiferroics, and high-performance proton battery cathode materials,” Phys. Rev. B 87, 081406 [5 pages] (2013)
- J. Betancourt, J. J. Saavedra, J. D. Burton, Y. Ishikawa, E. Y. Tsymbal, and J. P. Velev, “Polarization discontinuity induced two-dimensional electron gas at ZnO/Zn(Mg)O interfaces: A first-principles study,” Physical Review B 88, 085418 [8 pages] (2013).
- D. Schmidt and M. Schubert, “Anisotropic Bruggeman effective medium approaches for slanted columnar thin films,” J. Appl. Phys. 114, 083510 [10 pages] (2013).
- V. Darakchieva, A. Boosalis, A. A. Zakharov, T. Hofmann, M. Schubert, T. E. Tiwald, T. Iakimov, R. Vasiliauskas, and R. Yakimova, “Large-area microfocal spectroscopic ellipsometry mapping of thickness and electronic properties of epitaxial graphene on Si- and C-face of 3C-SiC (111),” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 213116 [5 pages] (2013).
- P. Kühne, V. Darakchieva, J. D. Tedesco, R. L. Myers-Ward, C. R. Eddy Jr., D. K. Gaskill, R. Yakimova, C. M. Herzinger, J. A. Woollam, M. Schubert, and T. Hofmann, “Polarization selection rules for inter-Landau level transitions in epitaxial graphene revealed by infrared optical Hall effect,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 077402 [5 pages] (2013).
Seeds
a. Primary MRSEC Support—Seeds
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b. Partial MRSEC Support—Seeds
- A. Rajapitamahuni, Z. Xiao, J. Hoffman, C. Ahn, and X. Hong, “Examining graphene field effect sensors for ferroelectric thin film studies,” Nano Lett. 13, 4374-4379 (2013).
- P. M. Wilson, G. N. Mbah, T. G. Smith, D. Schmidt, R. Y. Lai, T. Hofmann, and A. Sinitskii, “Three-dimensional periodic graphene nanostructures,” J. Mater. Chem. C 2, 1879-1886 (2014).
- V. V. Abramova, A. Slesarev, and A. Sinitskii, “Synthesis of high-quality inverse opals based on magnetic complex oxides: yttrium iron garnet (Y3Fe5O12) and bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3),” J. Mater. Chem. C 1, 2975-2982 (2013).
- J. A. Johnson, Q. Lin, L.-C. Wu, N. Obaidi, Z. L. Olson, T. C. Reeson, Y.-S. Chen, and J. Zhang, “A pillar-free,” highly porous metalloporphyrinic framework exhibiting eclipsed porphyrin arrays,” Chem. Commun. 49, 2828-2830 (2013).
- Z. Xiao, S. Poddar, S. Ducharme, and X. Hong, “Domain wall roughness and creep in nanoscale crystalline ferroelectric polymers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 112903 [5 pages] (2013).
c. Publications resulting from research, but do not acknowledge the MRSEC award—Seeds
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