NEWS:
» Paper by R. F. Sabirianov, W. N. Mei, Jing Lu, Y. Gao, X. C. Zeng, R. D. Bolskar, P. Jeppson, Ning Wu, A. N. Caruso and P. A. Dowben, “Correlation effects and electronic structure of Gd@C60,” J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 082201 (2007), was selected as one of the Top Papers 2007 (March 2008).
» Oxford University Press published a book “Simple Models of Magnetism” by Ralph Skomski (March 2008).
» Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter published a special Issue on “Half-Metallic Ferromagnets” edited by P. A. Dowben (August 2007).
» Nebraska MRSEC receives NRI/NSF Supplement Grant: Multiferroic Interfaces: New Paradigms for Functional Switching (April 2007).
» A. Sokolov, C. Zhang, E. Y. Tsymbal, J. Redepenning, and B. Doudin’s Nature Nanotechnology paper “Quantized magnetoresistance in atomic-size contacts” was featured in Physics World, Materials Today, the Economist, TechWorld, by the Institute of Physics PhysicsWeb, the American Physical Society, and the American Institute of Physics. (Feb. 2007)
Current Research
Seed Project:
Optical Properties of Dilute Magnetic Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductor Multilayers and Nanostructures
Seed Project: Large Area Ferromagnetic Nanostructures Fabricated with Sequential Nanoimprint Lithography
Seed Project: Magnetic Properties of Mixed-Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
MRSEC Supplement: Multiferroic Interfaces: New Paradigms for Functional Switching

