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Search Publications by: Robert D. Shull (Assoc)

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In-plane bias in a patterned ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayer

April 30, 2009
Author(s)
Yury P. Kabanov, Valerian I. Nikitenko, Oleg A. Tikhomirov, William F. Egelhoff Jr., Alexander J. Shapiro, Robert D. Shull
Exchange bias in bi- and multilayer magnetic systems is usually ascribed to the existence of transient magnetic structures at the interfaces between adjacent layers. Here, we report the observation of a similar phenomenon in the lateral direction

On the nature of asymetry of nucleation centers activity in ultrathin Co films and Co/Pt multilayers

January 14, 2008
Author(s)
Yu L. Iunin, Yury P. Kabanov, Valerian I. Nikitenko, X M. Cheng, Alexander J. Shapiro, C L. Chien, Robert D. Shull
Magnetization reversal in ultrathin Pt(10 nm)/Co(0.6 nm)/Pt(3 nm) magnetic films and Pt(10 nm)/[Co(d)/Pt(1 nm)]_n}/ Pt(2 nm) (d = 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 nm, n = 2, 4) multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy has been studied using Kerr microscopy. These materials

Influence of the Colloidal Environment on the Magnetic Behavior of Cobalt Nanoparticles

November 6, 2007
Author(s)
Guangjun Cheng, Cindi L. Dennis, Robert D. Shull, Angela R. Hight Walker
The magnetic properties of 10 nm cobalt (Co) nanoparticles in 1,2-dicholorbenenze (DCB) are investigated via a series of magnetization (M) vs. temperature (T) measurements. A rapid rise in magnetization around 250 K during warming and a sudden drop at 240

Teaching Materials Science to Children, Ages 8-14

June 7, 2007
Author(s)
Robert D. Shull
A pre-high school science program, Adventure In Science (AIS), has been running in the Gaithersburg, Maryland area for the past 33 years. It s President, Dr. Robert D. Shull, a scientist in the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National

Asymmetrical Domain Nucleation and Unusual Magnetization Reversal of Ultrathin Co Films and Co/Pt Multilayers With Perpendicular Anisotropy

March 16, 2007
Author(s)
Yu L. Iunin, Yury P. Kabanov, Valerian I. Nikitenko, X M. Cheng, Alexander J. Shapiro, Robert D. Shull, C L. Chien
The features of magnetization reversal in Pt/[CO/Pt]_n}/Pt multilayers (n = 1, 2, 4) have been studied using magneto-optical Kerr microscopy. Asymmetric nucleation centers were revealed where domains form at different positions for up or down magnetic

Thermal Neutron Demagnetization of NdFeB Magnets

July 30, 2006
Author(s)
R Klaffky, Richard M. Lindstrom, Brian B. Maranville, Robert D. Shull, B Micklich, J Vacca
To isolate the effect that thermal neutrons have on Nd2Fe14B permanent magnets, the magnetization and coercivity were studied as a function of dose. The changes in remanent magnetization are substantial and are attributed to boron thermal neutron capture

The Effects of Small Metal Additions (Co, Cu, Ga, Mn, Al, Bi, Sn) on the Magnetocaloric Properties of the Gd 5 Ge 2 Si 2 Alloy

April 26, 2006
Author(s)
Robert D. Shull, Virgil Provenzano, Alexander J. Shapiro, A Fu, M W. Lufaso, E Karapetrova, G Kletetschka, V Mikula
It was shown that adding one atomic percent Fe to Gd5Ge2Si2 greatly reduced its large hysteresis losses, broadened the magnetic entropy change, ?Sm, versus temperature, T, peak, and shifted the ?Sm peak value from 275 K to 305 K[1]. The present paper

Unusual Magnetization Reversal in [Co/Pt]4 Multilayers With Perpendicular Anisotropy

April 21, 2006
Author(s)
X M. Cheng, Valerian I. Nikitenko, Alexander J. Shapiro, Robert D. Shull, C L. Chien
Unusual magnetization reversal of [Co(4 )/Pt(10 )]4 multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy has been revealed macroscopically by magnetometry measurements and microscopically by magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) microscopy and magnetic force