MRSEC-Supported Publications

Year 2:  April 2003 - March 2004

a. Primary MRSEC Support
b. Partial MRSEC Support
c. Shared Facilities

a. Primary MRSEC Support—IRG 1

1. A. Kashyap, R. Skomski, R.F. Sabiryanov, S.S. Jaswal, D.J. Sellmyer, “Exchange Interactions and Curie Temperature of Y-Co Compounds,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 39, 2908-2910 (2003).
2. Z. Y. Liu and S. Adenwalla, “Out-of-Plane Exchange Coupling Between Epitaxial Ni and NiO Bilayers,” Journal of Applied Physics 93, 2091 (2003).
3. Z.Y. Liu and S. Adenwalla, “Ferromagnetic Domain Wall Behavior During Reversal and Thermally Activated Antiferromagnetic Reversal in an Exchange Biased NiO/NiFe Bilayer,” Phys. Rev. B. 67, 184423 (2003).
4. Z.Y. Liu and S. Adenwalla, “Variation of Domain Formation in 150A NiFe Layer Exchange Coupled with NiO Layers of Different Thicknesses,” App. Phys. Lett. 82, 2106 (2003).
5. Z.Y. Liu and S. Adenwalla, “Angular Dependence of the Magnetization Reversal Process in Exchange Coupled Ferromagnetic /Antiferromagnetic Bilayers,” Journal of Applied Physics 93, 3422 (2003).
6. Z.Y. Liu and S. Adenwalla, “Closely Linear Temperature Dependence of Exchange Bias and Coercivity in a [Pt/Co]₃/NiO (11 Å) Multilayer,” Journal of Appl. Physics 94, 1105 (2003).
7. Z.Y. Liu and S. Adenwalla, “Oscillatory Interlayer Exchange Coupling and its Temperature Dependence in [Pt/Co]₃/NiO/[Pt/Co]₃ Multilayers with Perpendicular Anisotropy,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 037207 (2003).
8. M.L. Yan, X.Z. Li, L. Gao, S.H. Liou, D.J. Sellmyer, R.J.M. van de Veerdonk, and K.W. Wierman, “Fabrication of Nonepitaxially Grown, Double-Layered FePt:C/FeCoNi Thin Films For Perpendicular Recording,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 3332 (2003).

a. Primary MRSEC Support—IRG 2

9. A.N. Caruso, R. Rajesekaran, J. Redepenning, Ya.B. Losovyj, and P. A. Dowben, “Substrate Dependent Bonding of Chemisorbed 1,1’-Biphenyl-4,4’-Dimethanethiol,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 775, P6.12.1 (2003).
10. A.N. Caruso, R. Rajesekaran, G. Gallup, J. Redepenning and P. A. Dowben, “Orientation and Bonding of Biphenyldimethyldithiol,” Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 16, 845-860 (2004).
11. Ruihua Cheng, A.N. Caruso, L. Yuan, S.-H. Liou, and P.A. Dowben, “Magnetic Coupling in Co/Cr₂O₃/CrO₂ “Trilayer” Films,” Applied Physics Letters 82, 1443-1445 (2003).
12. P.A. Jacobson, Luis G. Rosa, C.M. Othon, Kristin Kraemer, A.V. Sorokin, Stephen Ducharme, and P.A. Dowben, “Water Absorption and Dielectric Changes in Crystalline Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymers Films,” Applied Physics Letters 84, 88-90 (2004).
13. H.K. Jeong, Takashi Komesu, P.A. Dowben, B.D. Schultz and C.J. Palmstrøm, "The Plasmons of ErAs (100),” Physics Letters A 316, 118-121 (2003).
14. Ya.B. Losovyj, I.N. Yakovkin, Hae-Kyung Jeong and P.A. Dowben, "The Surface Band Structure of W(112)," Physica Status Solidi b 241, 829-839 (2004).
15. Y.A. Ovchenkov, H. Geisler, J.M. Burst, S.N. Thornburg, C.A. Ventrice Jr., Chunjuan Zhang, J. Redepenning, Y. Losovyj, Luis Rosa, P.A. Dowben and B. Doudin, “The Electronic Structure of Metal/alkane thiol Self Assembled Monolayers/Metal Junctions for Magnetoelectronics Applications,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 381, 7-13 (2003).

a. Primary MRSEC Support—Seeds

16. D.S. Williams, P.M. Shand, T.M. Pekarek, R. Skomski, V. Petkov and D.L. Leslie-Pelecky, “Magnetic Transitions in Disordered GdAl,” Phys. Rev. B, 68, 214404 (2003).

b. Partial MRSEC Support—IRG 1

17. S.H. Liou, L. Yuan, L. Gao, C.D. Chen, S.F. Lee, and Y.D. Yao, “Switching Behavior of Patterned Ni₈₀Fe₂₀ Islands,” Trans. Magn. Soc. Japan 3, 51 (2003).
18. W. Liu, Z.D. Zhang, J.P. Liu, Z.R. Dai, Z.L. Wang, X.K. Sun, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Nanocomposite (Nd,Dy)(Fe,Co,Nb,B)_5.5/α-Fe Multilayer Magnets with High Performance,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 36, L63-L66 (2003).
19. R. Skomski, R.D. Kirby, D.J. Sellmyer, “Equivalence of Sweep-Rate and Magnetic-Viscosity Dynamics,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 6820-6822 (2003).
20. R. Skomski, A. Kashyap, D.J. Sellmyer, “Finite-Temperature Anisotropy of PtCo Magnets,” IEEE Trans. Mag. 39, 2917-2919 (2003).
21. Y.C. Sui, R. Skomski, K.D. Sorge, D.J. Sellmyer, “Nanotube Magnetism,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1525 (2004).
22. M. Zheng, Albert Chekanov, Geon Choe, Kenneth E. Johnson, Lan Gao, and S.H. Liou, “Recording Characteristics of Perpendicular Magnetic Media with CoZrNb, NiFeNb and Exchange-Pinned NiFeNb Soft Magnetic Underlayers,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 6763 (2003).

b. Partial MRSEC Support—IRG 2

23. A.N. Caruso, Snjezana Balaz, Bo Xu, P.A. Dowben, A.S. McMullen-Gunn, J.I. Brand, Y.B. Losovyj, D.N. McIlroy, “The Surface Photovoltage Effects on the Isomeric Semiconductors of Boron-Carbide,” Applied Physics Letters 84, 1302-1304 (2004).
24. Anthony N. Caruso, Ravi B. Billa, Snjezana Balaz, Jennifer I. Brand and P.A. Dowben, “The Heteroisomeric Diode,” J. Physics Condensed Matter 16, L139-L146 (2004).
25. L. Yuan, Y. Ovchenkov, A. Sokolov, C.-S. Yang, B. Doudin and S. H. Liou, “Magnetotransport Properties of CrO₂ Films Down to Single Grain Sizes,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 6850-6852 (2003).
26. M. Ye. Zhuravlev, E.Y. Tsymbal, S.S. Jaswal, A.V. Vedyayev, and B. Dieny, “Spin Blockade in Ferromagnetic Nanocontacts,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 3534-3536 (2003).

c. Shared Facilities

27. L. Bernard, J. Monson, A. Sokolov, Zong-Yuan Liu, C.-S. Yang, P.A. Dowben, B. Doudin, A. Harken, P. Welsch and B.W. Robertson, “Magnetoresistance in Boron Carbide Junctions,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 3743 (2003).
28. L. Bernard, A.N. Caruso, B. Xu, B. Doudin and P.A. Dowben, “The Adsorption of Orthocarborane on Cobalt,” Thin Solid Films 428, 253 –256 (2003).
29. A.N. Caruso and C.N. Borca, “The Possible Influence of Magnetic Ordering on Segregation in Ternary Alloys: TiCoSb and NiMnSb,” Recent Developments in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 1, 33-48 (2003).
30. A.N. Caruso, Ya.B. Losovyj, Jaewu Choi and P.A. Dowben, “The Adsorption and Decomposition of HS-(CH₂)₂-(CF₂)₇-CF₃ Thin Films on Au(111),” Materials Letters 57, 3614-3617 (2003).
31. A.N. Caruso, L. Bernard, Bo Xu and P.A. Dowben, “Comparison of Adsorbed Orthocarborane and Metacarborane on Metal Surfaces,” Journal of Physical Chemistry 107, 9620-9623 (2003).
32. M. Daniil, Y. Zhang, H. Okumura, G.C. Hadjipanayis, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Effect of Carbon Substitution on the Magnetic Properties of Nd₂Fe₁₄(C,B) Nanocomposite Magnets,” J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 267, 316-324 (2003).
33. B.B. Kappes and J.E. Shield, “Crystallization Behavior of Nd-Fe-B-Based Alloys,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 317, 106-111 (2003).
34. W. Liu, Z.D. Zhang, J.P. Liu, B.Z. Cui, X.K. Sun, J. Zhou and D.J. Sellmyer, “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Sputtered Hard/Soft Multilayer Magnets,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 8131-8133 (2003).
35. W. Liu, Z.D. Zhang, J.P. Liu, Z.R. Dai, Z.L. Wang, X.K. Sun, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Nanocomposite (Nd,Dy)(Fe,Co,Nb,B)_5.5/α-Fe Multilayer Magnets with High Performance,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 36, L63-L66 (2003).
36. Y. Liu, M. Zheng, H. Zeng, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic Nanocrystals and Arrays,” in Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials, eds. Z.L. Wang, Y. Liu, and Z. Zhang, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers and Tsinghua University Press, Vol. 3, p. 215 (2003).
37. Y.A. Ovchenkov, Chunjuan Zhang; J. Redepenning and B. Doudin, “Metal/Self-Assembled Monolayer/Metal Junctions for Magnetoelectronic Applications,” Magnetoelectronics and Magnetic Materials – Novel Phenomena and Advanced Characterization Symposium (Mater. Res. Soc. Symposium Proceedings Vol. 746), Ed. Zhang, et al., 169-173 (2003).
38. Brian W. Robertson, Shireen Adenwalla, Andrew Harken, Peter Welsch, Jennifer I. Brand, John. P. Claassen, Neil M. Boag, and Peter. A. Dowben, “Semiconducting Boron-Rich Neutron Detectors,” Advances in Neutron Scattering Instrumentation, edited by Ian S. Anderson, Bruno Guérard, Proceedings of SPIE 4785, 226-233 (2003).
39. Z.S. Shan, L. Bitman, S.S. Malhotra, D. Stafford, B. Bian, G. Bertero, Y.F. Xu, M.L. Yan, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Studies of Magnetic Properties of the Stabilizing Layer for Synthetic Antiferromagnetically Coupled Media,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7768-7770 (2003).
40. Y. Shao, M.L. Yan and D.J. Sellmyer, “Effects of Rapid Thermal Annealing on Nanostructure, Texture and Magnetic Properties of Granular FePt:Ag Films for Perpendicular Recording,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 8152-8154 (2003).
41. J.X. Shen, Z.S. Shan, D.X. Wang, Y. Liu and D.J. Sellmyer, “Nanomaterials for Information Storage,” in Nanophase and Nanostructured Materials, eds. Z.L. Wang, Y. Liu, and Z. Zhang, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers and Tsinghua University Press, Vol. 3, p. 269 (2003).
42. R. Skomski, D. Leslie-Pelecky, R.D. Kirby, A. Kashyap, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Coercivity of Disordered Nanostructures,” Scripta Mat. 48, 857-862 (2003).
43. R. Skomski and D.J. Sellmyer, “Spin Structure at Nanojunctions and Constrictions,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7531-7533 (2003).
44. R. Skomski, M. Chipara, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Spin-Wave Modes in Magnetic Nanowires”, J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7604-7606 (2003).
45. Y. Sui, L. Yue, R. Skomski, X.Z. Li, J. Zhou, and D.J. Sellmyer, “CoPt Hard Magnetic Nanoparticle Films Synthesized by High Temperature Chemical Reduction,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7571-7573 (2003).
46. A. Sokolov, I.F. Sabirianov, E.Y. Tsymbal, B. Doudin, X.Z. Li and J. Redepenning, “Resonant Tunneling in Magnetoresistive Ni/NiO/Co Nanowire Junctions,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7029-7031 (2003).
47. A. Sokolov, C.-S. Yang, E. Ovtchenkov, L. Yuan, S.-H.Liou, B. Doudin, “Bistable Memory Effect in Chromium Oxide Junctions,” Magnetoelectronics and Magnetic Materials - Novel Phenomena and Advanced Characterization Symposium (Mater. Res. Soc. Symposium Proceedings Vol. 746), Ed. Zhang et al., 139-144 (2003).
48. E.Y. Tsymbal, A. Sokolov, I.F. Sabirianov, and B. Doudin, “Resonant Inversion of Tunneling Magnetoresistance,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 186602 (2003).
49. Y.F. Xu, Z.G. Sun, Y. Qiang, D.J. Sellmyer, “Preparation and Properties of CoPt and CoPt:Ag Nanocluster Films,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 266, 164-170 (2003).
50. Y.F. Xu, Z.G. Sun, Y. Qiang, D.J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic Properties of L1₀ FePt and FePt:Ag Nanocluster Films,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 8289-8291 (2003).
51. M.L. Yan, N. Powers and D.J. Sellmyer, “Highly Oriented Nonepitaxially Grown L1₀ FePt Films,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 8292-9284 (2003).
52. J. Zhou, R. Skomski, and D.J. Sellmyer, “Magnetic Hysteresis of Mechanically Alloyed Sm-Co Nanocrystalline Powders,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 6495-6497 (2003).