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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 53 cited

Theory of out-of-equilibrium electron and phonon dynamics in metals after ultrafast laser excitation

Ulrike Ritzmann, Peter M. Oppeneer, Pablo Maldonado

The out-of-equilibrium dynamics of electrons and phonons upon laser excitation are often described by the two-temperature model, which assumes that both subsystems are separately i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 22 cited

Magneto-structural correlations in a systematically disordered B2 lattice

Jonathan Ehrler, Biplab Sanyal, Jörg Grenzer +9

Ferromagnetism in certain B2 ordered alloys such as FeAl can be switched on, and tuned, via antisite disordering of the atomic arrangement. The disordering is accompa…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 6 cited

Impact of the crystal orientation on spin-orbit torques in Fe/Pd bilayers

Ankit Kumar, Nilamani Behera, Rahul Gupta +5

Spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic (FM)/non-magnetic (NM) heterostructures offer more energy-efficient means to realize spin-logic devices; however, their strengths are determined…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 5 cited

Sum rules in zone axis STEM-orbital angular momentum resolved electron magnetic chiral dichroism

Matteo Zanfrognini, Enzo Rotunno, Jan Rusz +4

In this work we derive sum rules for orbital angular momentum(OAM) resolved electron magnetic chiral dichroism (EMCD) which enable the evaluation of the strength of spin and orbita…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

On the reactivity of low coordinated atoms on foreign solid substrates as models of single atom catalysts

A. S. Dobrota, I. A. Pašti, A. Z. Jovanović +2

Catalysis has entered everyday life through a number of technological processes relying on different catalytic systems. The increasing demand for such systems requires rationalizat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 28 cited

First-Principles Mapping of the Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials for Strain-Tunable Nanoelectronics

Kostiantyn V. Sopiha, Oleksandr I. Malyi, Clas Persson

Herein, we demonstrate that first-principles calculations can be used for mapping electronic properties of two-dimensional (2d) materials with respect to non-uniform strain. By inv…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 47 cited

Altering the reactivity of pristine, N- and P-doped graphene by strain engineering: a DFT view on energy related aspects

Ana S. Dobrota, Igor A. Pašti, Slavko V. Mentus +2

For carbon-based materials, in contrast to metal surfaces, the relationship between strain and reactivity is not yet established, even though there are literature reports on strain…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 16 cited

Computational screening of Fe-Ta hard magnetic phases

Sergiu Arapan, Pablo Nieves, Heike C. Herper +1

In this work we perform a systematic calculation of the Fe-Ta phase diagram to discover novel hard magnetic phases. By using structure prediction methods based on evolutionary algo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 24 cited

High-frequency magnon excitation due to femtosecond spin-transfer torques

Ulrike Ritzmann, Pavel Baláž, Pablo Maldonado +2

Femtosecond laser pulses can induce ultrafast demagnetization as well as generate bursts of hot electron spin currents. In trilayer spin valves consisting of two metallic ferromagn…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 7 cited

A multi-scale approach for magnetisation dynamics: Unraveling exotic magnetic states of matter

É. Méndez, M. Poluektov, G. Kreiss +2

Crystallographic lattice defects strongly influence dynamical properties of magnetic materials at both microscopic and macroscopic length scales. A multi-scale approach to magnetis…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 50 cited

A high-throughput and data-mining approach to predict new rare-earth free permanent magnets

Alena Vishina, Olga Yu. Vekilova, Torbjörn Björkman +3

We present an application of a high-throughput search of new rare-earth free permanent magnets focusing on 3d-5d transition metal compounds. The search involved a part of the ICSD…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 19 cited

Pressure-Induced Re-entrant transition in NbS3 Phases: Combined Raman Scattering and X-ray Diffraction Study

Abdel-Hafiez, M. Thiyagarajan, R. Majumdar +13

We report the evolution of charge density wave states under pressure for two NbS3 phases triclinic (phase I) and monoclinic (phase II) at room temperature. Raman and X-ray diffract…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 54 cited

Efficient and versatile model for vibrational STEM-EELS

Paul M. Zeiger, Ján Rusz

We introduce a novel method for the simulation of the impact scattering in vibrational scanning transmission electron microscopy electron energy loss spectroscopy (STEM-EELS) simul…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 5 cited

Morphology and magnetic properties of nanocomposite magnetic multilayers {[(CoFeB)(SiO)]/[C]}

V. Ukleev, E. Dyadkina, A. Vorobiev +5

We report on the investigation of morphology, magnetic and conductive properties of the mutilayered nanostructures [(CoFeB)(SiO)]/[C]…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 8 cited

Localized surface electromagnetic waves in CrI-based magnetophotonic structures

Anastasiia A. Pervishko, Dmitry Yudin, Vijay Kumar Gudelli +3

Resulting from strong magnetic anisotropy two-dimensional ferromagnetism was recently shown to be stabilized in chromium triiodide, CrI, in the monolayer limit. While its prope…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 5 cited

Oxygen Vacancy in ZnO- Phase: Pseudohybrid Hubbard Density Functional Study

Ivan I. Vrubel, Anastasiia A. Pervishko, Dmitry Yudin +3

The study of zinc oxide, within the homogeneous electron gas approximation, results in overhybridization of zinc shell with oxygen shell, a problem shown for most transit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 1 cited

Electronic excitation of transition metal nitrides by light ions with keV energies

Barbara Bruckner, Marcus Hans, Tomas Nyberg +3

We investigated the specific electronic energy deposition by protons and He ions with keV energies in different transition metal nitrides of technological interest. Data were obtai…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 10 cited

Enabling atomic resolution in convergent beam EMCD measurements by the use of patterned apertures

Hasan Ali, Devendra Negi, Tobias Warnatz +3

We give an experimental demonstration of two types of recently proposed ventilator apertures which can be used to acquire electron magnetic circular dichroic (EMCD) signals in zone…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 351 cited

Hidden Diversity of Vacancy Networks in Prussian Blue Analogues

Arkadiy Simonov, Trees De Baerdemaeker, Hanna L. B. Boström +6

Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are a broad and important family of microporous inorganic solids, famous for their gas storage, metal-ion immobilisation, proton conduction, and stim…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 2 cited

Observation of transferred-electron oscillations in diamond

Nattakarn Suntornwipat, Saman Majdi, Markus Gabrysch +2

The transferred-electron oscillator (TEO) is a device used in microwave applications that utilizes the negative differential mobility (NDM) effect to generate continuous oscillatio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 12 cited

Single-pass STEM-EMCD on a zone axis using a patterned aperture: progress in experimental and data treatment methods

Thomas Thersleff, Linus Schönström, Cheuk-Wai Tai +5

Measuring magnetic moments in ferromagnetic materials with atomic column resolution is theoretically possible using the electron magnetic circular dichroism (EMCD) technique in a (…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 27 cited

Analysis of the linear relationship between asymmetry and magnetic moment at the M-edge of 3d transition metals

Somnath Jana, R. S. Malik, Yaroslav O. Kvashnin +11

The magneto-optical response of Fe and Ni during ultrafast demagnetization is studied experimentally and theoretically. We have performed pump-probe experiments in the transverse m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 19 cited

On the influence of uncertainties in scattering potentials on quantitative analysis using keV ions

Barbara Bruckner, Tomas Strapko, Mauricio A. Sortica +2

Experimental spectra from medium energy ion scattering were compared to Monte-Carlo simulations (employing the TRBS code) to obtain information on the scattering potential. The imp…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 19 cited

Neutralization of slow helium ions scattered from single crystalline aluminum and tantalum surfaces and their oxides

Barbara Bruckner, Peter Bauer, Daniel Primetzhofer

We investigated the impact of surface oxygen on the ion yield for He ions scattered from different single crystalline surfaces in low-energy ion scattering. Initially clean Al(…