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Concurrent Magnetic and Structural Reconstructions at the Interface of (111)-Oriented La 0.07 Sr 0.3 MnO 3 /LaFeO 3

November 21, 2016
Author(s)
I. Hallsteinsen, M. Moreau, Alexander Grutter, M. Nord, P.-E. Vullum, Dustin A. Gilbert, T. Bolstad, J. K. Grepstad, R. Holmestad, S. M. Selbach, A. T. N'Diaye, Brian Kirby, E. Arenholz, T. Tybell
We observe an induced switchable magnetic moment of 1.6 ± 0.40 υ B/Fe in the nominally antiferromagnetic LaFeOd3^/La 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3/SrTiO 3(111). The magnetic reconstruction is driven by a mismatch of oxygen octahedra rotations resulting in an atomic

Correlation Between Morphology and Device Performance of pBTTT:PC 71 BM Solar Cells

October 1, 2016
Author(s)
Wenluan Zhang, Hao Shen, Brett W. Guralnick, Brian Kirby, Ngoc A. Nguyen, Roddel Remy, Charles Majkrzak, Michael E. Mackay
Phenyl-C 71-butyric acid methyl ester (PC 71BM) could intercalate between the side-chains of poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (pBTTT) creating a stable co-crystal structure, so optimal solar cell performance was obtained at

Interfacial Symmetry Control of Emergent Ferromagnetism at the Nanoscale

September 14, 2016
Author(s)
Alexander J. Grutter, A. Vailionis, Julie A. Borchers, Brian J. Kirby, C. L. Flint, C. He, E. Arenholz, Y. Suzuki
We demonstrate tunable switching between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic order at the CaRuO 3/CaMnO 3 interface that originates from symmetry differences in the tilt and rotation of the oxygen octahedra across the boundary. Interfaces which are

Magnetic Yoking and Tunable Interactions in FePt-Based Hard/Soft Bilayers

September 8, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin Allen Gilbert, Jung-Wei Liao, Brian J Kirby, Michael Winklhofer, Chih-Huang Lai, Kai Liu
Assessing and controlling magnetic interactions in magnetic nanostructures are critical to nanomagnetic and spintronic explorations, such as magnetic recording media, permanent magnets, magnetic memory and logic devices, etc. Here we demonstrate an

Large Energy Product Enhancement in Perpendicularly Coupled MnBi/CoFe Magnetic Bilayers

August 29, 2016
Author(s)
T. R. Gao, L. Fang, S. Fackler, S. Maruyama, X. H. Zhang, L. L. Wang, T. Rana, P. Manchanda, A. Kashyap, K. Janicka, A. L. Wysocki, A. T. N'Diaye, E. Arenholz, Julie Borchers, Brian Kirby, Brian B. Maranville, K. W. Sun, M. J. Kramer, V. P. Antropov, D. D. Johnson, R. Skomski, J. Cui, I. Takeuchi
Finding rare-earth free alternatives to Nd and Sm based permanent magnets has emerged as an urgent technological challenge due to the global economic impact of price instability of rare-earth elements. Among possible candidates, MnBi is one of the few

Measurement and Modeling of Polarized Specular Neutron Reflectivity in Large Magnetic Fields

August 1, 2016
Author(s)
Brian B. Maranville, Brian J Kirby, Alexander J Grutter, Paul Kienzle, Charles F. Majkrzak, Yaohua Liu, Cindi L. Dennis
The presence of a large applied magnetic field removes the degeneracy of the vacuum energy states for spin-up and spin-down neutrons. For polarized neutron reflectometry, this must be included in the reference potential energy of the Schrodinger equation

Structural and Magnetic Depth Profiles of Magneto-Ionic Heterostructures Beyond the Interface Limit

July 22, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin A. Gilbert, Alexander J. Grutter, Elke Arenholz, Kai Liu, Brian J. Kirby, Julie A. Borchers, Brian B. Maranville
Electric-field control of magnetism provides a promising route towards ultralow power information storage and sensor technologies. The effects of magneto-ionic motion have so far been prominently featured in the direct modification of interface chemical

Synthesis, Fabrication, and Heterostructure of Charged, Substituted Polystyrene Multilayer Dielectrics and Their Effects in Pentacene Transistors

May 10, 2016
Author(s)
Olivia J. Alley, Evan Plunkett, Tejaswini S. Kale, Xin Guo, Grace McClintock, Manasa Bhupathiraju, Brian Kirby, Daniel H. Reich, Howard E. Katz
Charge trapping and storage in polymer dielectric can be harnessed for the control of semiconductor device behavior, including organic transistors. For example, gate insulators chosen for organic transistors have an important effect on both bias stress

Controllable Positive Exchange Bias via Redox-Driven Oxygen Migration

March 21, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin A. Gilbert, Justin Olamit, Randy K. Dumas, Brian J. Kirby, Alexander J. Grutter, Brian B. Maranville, Elke Arenholz, Julie A. Borchers, Kai Liu
We have observed oxygen migration across buried interfaces in Gd^xdx^Fe 1-x/NiCoO films, which leads to tunable positive exchange bias over a relatively small cooling field range of 300 mT. The tunability is shown to be the result of an interfacial layer

Reversible Control of Magnetism in La 0.67 Sr 0.33 MnO 3 through Chemically-Induced Oxygen Migration

February 24, 2016
Author(s)
Alexander J. Grutter, Dustin A. Gilbert, U. S. Alaan, E. Arenholz, Brian B. Maranville, Julie A. Borchers, Y. Suzuki, Kai Liu, Brian J. Kirby
We demonstrate reversible control of magnetization and anisotropy in La 0.67Sr 0.33MnO 3 films through interfacial oxygen migration. Gd metal capping layers deposited onto La 0.67Sr 0.33MnO 3 leach Oxygen from the film through a solid-state redox reaction

Spatial Evolution of the Ferromagnetic Phase Transition in an Exchange Graded Film

January 29, 2016
Author(s)
Brian J. Kirby, H. F. Belliveau, D. D. Belyea, Paul A. Kienzle, Alexander J. Grutter, P. Riego, A. Berger, Casey W. Miller
A combination of experiments and numerical modeling was used to study the spacial evolution of the ferromagnetic phase transition in a thin film engineered to have a smooth gradient in exchange strength, and thus effectively a gradient in local transition

Phase Separation Enhanced Magneto-Electric Coupling in La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 /BaTiO 3 Ultra-thin Films

December 9, 2015
Author(s)
A. Alberca, C. Munuera, Brian Kirby, N. M. Nemes, A. M. Perez-Munoz, J. Tornos, F. J. Mompean, C. Leon, J. Santamaria, M. Garcia-Hernandez
We study the origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in manganite films on ferroelectric substrates. We find large magnetoelectric coupling in La 0.7Ca 0.3MnO 3/BaTiO 3 ultra-thin films in experiments based on the converse magnetoelectric effect. The