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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 40 cited

Magneto-Optical Functions at the 3p resonances of Fe, Co, and Ni: Ab-initio description and experiment

F. Willems, S. Sharma, C. v. Korff Schmising +7

We present theoretical and experimental data on the magneto-optical contributions to the complex refractive index in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) range covering the 3p resonances…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 21 cited

Magnetic and mechanical effects of Mn substitutions in AlFe2B2

Johan Cedervall, Mikael S. Andersson, Diana Iusan +4

The mechanical and magnetic properties of the newly discovered MAB-phase class of materials based upon AlFe2B2 were investigated. The samples were synthesised from stoichiometric a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 12 cited

Microscopic Theory of Ultrafast Out-of-Equilibrium Dynamics in Magnetic Insulators. Unraveling the Magnon-Phonon Coupling

Pablo Maldonado, Yaroslav O. Kvashnin

The interaction between lattice and spins is at the heart of an extremely intriguing ultrafast dynamics in magnetic materials. In this work we formulate a general non-equilibrium t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 65 cited

Role of gallium diffusion in the formation of a magnetically dead layer at Y3Fe5O12 / Gd3Ga5O12 epitaxial interface

S. M. Suturin, A. M. Korovin, V. E. Bursian +9

We have clarified the origin of magnetically dead interface layer formed in yttrium iron garnet (YIG) films grown at above 700°C onto gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate by m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 22 cited

The impact of nanoscale compositional variation on the properties of amorphous alloys

Ryota Gemma, Moritz to Baben, Astrid Pundt +2

The atomic distribution in amorphous FeZr alloys is found to be close to random, nevertheless, the composition can not be viewed as being homogenous at the nm-scale. The spatial va…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 1 cited

A polaron cloud of correlated electron states in ceria

Heike C. Herper, Olga Yu. Vekilova, Sergei I. Simak +1

The electronic structure of cerium oxide is investigated here using a combination of ab initio one-electron theory and many-body physics, with emphasis on the nature of the 4f elec…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 3 cited

Exchange dependent ultrafast magnetization dynamics in FeNi alloys

Somnath Jana, Ronny Knut, Erna K. Delczeg-Czirjak +13

Element specific ultrafast demagnetization was studied in FeNi alloys, covering the concentration range between . For all compositions, we observe a delay…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 6 cited

Inhomogeneous magnon scattering during ultrafast demagnetization

R. Knut, E. K. Delczeg-Czirjak, S. Jana +20

NiFe (Py) and Py alloyed with Cu exhibit intriguing ultrafast demagnetization behavior, where the Ni magnetic moment shows a delayed response relative to the Fe, an…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

A systematic study of the local minima in L(S)DA+U

Samara Keshavarz, Patrik Thunström

We have performed a systematic study of the emergence of meta-stable states in density functional theory plus Hubbard U (DFT+U ) simulations of NiO, CoO, FeO. Particular attention…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

Magnon properties of random alloys

Fan Pan, Anna Delin, Anders Bergman +1

We study magnon properties in terms of spin stiffness, Curie temperatures and magnon spectrum of Fe-Ni, Co-Ni and Fe-Co random alloys using a combination of electronic structure ca…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 21 cited

Unified theory of magnetization dynamics with relativistic and nonrelativistic spin torques

Ritwik Mondal, Marco Berritta, Peter M. Oppeneer

Spin torques play a crucial role in operative properties of modern spintronic devices. To study current-driven magnetization dynamics, spin-torque terms providing the action of spi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 8 cited

Proposal for measuring magnetism with patterned apertures

Devendra Negi, Jakob Spiegelberg, Shunsuke Muto +5

We propose a magnetic measurement method utilizing a patterned post-sample aperture in a transmission electron microscope. While utilizing electron magnetic circular dichroism, the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 38 cited

Ultrafast demagnetization of Pt magnetic moment in L1-FePt probed by hard x-ray free electron laser

Kohei Yamamoto, Yuya Kubota, Motohiro Suzuki +15

We demonstrate ultrafast magnetization dynamics in a 5d transition metal using circularly-polarized x-ray free electron laser in the hard x-ray region. A decay time of light-induce…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 5 cited

Proposal for a three-dimensional magnetic measurement method with nanometer-scale depth resolution

Devendra Negi, Lewys Jones, Juan-Carlos Idrobo +1

We propose a magnetic measurement method based on combining depth sectioning and electron magnetic circular dichroism in scanning transmission electron microscopy. Electron vortex…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

Low temperature (Ts/Tm < 0.1) epitaxial growth of HfN/MgO(001) via reactive HiPIMS with metal-ion synchronized substrate bias

Michelle Marie S. Villamayor, Julien Keraudy, Tetsuhide Shimizu +6

Low-temperature epitaxial growth of refractory transition-metal nitride thin films by means of physical vapor deposition has been a recurring theme in advanced thin-film technology…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 23 cited

Stability and magnetism of FeN high-pressure phases

Alexey Kartsev, Oleg Feya, Nina Bondarenko +2

Experimentally discovered compounds in the iron-nitrogen system belong to the low concentration part of the Fe-N phase diagram. In our paper, which is based on ab initio calculatio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 18 cited

Unveiling hidden charge density waves in single-layer NbSe by impurities

Fabrizio Cossu, Ali G. Moghaddam, Kyoo Kim +4

We employ {\it{ab-initio}} calculations to investigate the charge density waves in single-layer NbSe, and we explore how they are affected by transition metal atoms. Our calcul…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 1 cited

Femtosecond phase-transition in hard x-ray excited bismuth

M. Makita, I. Vartiainen, I. Mohacs +19

The evolution of the bismuth crystal structure upon excitation of its A phonon has been intensely studied with short pulse optical lasers. Here we present the first-time obs…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 10 cited

Route to Achieving Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling in BaTiO/SrCoOF Perovskite Heterostructures

Indukuru Ramesh Reddy, Peter M. Oppeneer, Kartick Tarafder

Polarization induced spin switching of atoms in magnetic materials opens for possibilities to design and develop advanced spintronic devices, in particular, storage devices where t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 40 cited

Origin and evolution of surface spin current in topological insulators

André Dankert, Priyamvada Bhaskar, Dmitrii Khokhriakov +6

The Dirac surface states of topological insulators offer a unique possibility for creating spin polarized charge currents due to the spin-momentum locking. Here we demonstrate that…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 69 cited

Spin-Polarized Tunneling through Chemical Vapor Deposited Multilayer Molybdenum Disulfide

André Dankert, Parham Pashaei, M. Venkata Kamalakar +10

The two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted widespread attention for its extraordinary electrical, optical, spin and valley related properties.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 45 cited

Novel Highly Active Pt/Graphene Catalyst for Cathodes of Cu(II/I)-Mediated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Ladislav Kavan, Hana Krysova, Pavel Janda +6

Novel highly active, optically-transparent electrode catalyst containing Pt, PtOx, graphene oxide and stacked graphene platelet nanofibers is developed for a cathode of Cu(II/I)-me…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 81 cited

Electrochemical Properties of Cu(II/I)-Based Redox Mediators for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Ladislav Kavan, Yasemin Saygili, Marina Freitag +3

Three Cu(II/I)-phenanthroline and Cu(II/I)-bipyridine redox mediators are studied on various electrodes and in variety of electrolyte solutions using cyclic voltammetry and impedan…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 79 cited

General method for atomistic spin-lattice dynamics with first principles accuracy

Johan Hellsvik, Danny Thonig, Klas Modin +5

We present a computationally efficient general first-principles based method for spin-lattice simulations for solids. Our method is based on a combination of atomistic spin dynamic…