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Physical Review B | 2017

Computational investigation of half-Heusler compounds for spintronics applications

Jianhua Ma; Vinay Hegde; Kamaram Munira; Yunkun Xie; Sahar Keshavarz; David T. Mildebrath; C. Wolverton; Avik W. Ghosh; W. H. Butler

The authors investigate the properties of 378 half-Heusler compounds using density functional theory with the goal of identifying promising candidates for spintronic applications, e.g. half-metals. Although DFT has often been applied to the search for half-metals, this study may be the most comprehensive attempt to identify which of the compounds predicted by DFT to be half-metals are likely to be fabricated. The calculated formation energy of each of the 378 potential half Heuslers was compared to that of all competing phases and combination of phases in the Open Quantum Materials Database. Those semiconductors, half-metals, and near half-metals within an empirically determined 0.1 eV/atom hull distance margin for neglected effects were deemed of interest for further experimental investigation.


IEEE Transactions on Magnetics | 2010

Relaxation of Polymer Coated

Sahar Keshavarz; Yaolin Xu; Spencer Hrdy; Clay Lemley; Tim Mewes; Yuping Bao

Magnetic nanoparticles have shown great capability of sensing biological molecules in solution by correlating the magnetic susceptibility with the nanoparticle surface coatings. Here, we report on a new experimental approach of measuring magnetic nanoparticle relaxation. It uses a broadband ferromagnetic resonance setup specifically designed for samples in solution, enabling measurements of nanoparticles at variable frequencies up to 40 GHz. This design enables precise determination of the g-factor of the particles, by determining the resonance field for each microwave frequency. In addition this also enables us to determine the frequency dependence of the resonance linewidth, which provides information about the relaxation mechanisms of the magnetic nanoparticles. Polymer coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized using a modified co-precipitation method by introducing the polymer coatings (e.g., polyacrylic acid) during the synthesis. Thereby water soluble nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution were produced in a single step. The relaxation measurement of these nanoparticles showed only a slight increase in linewidth over the entire frequency range suggesting that extrinsic relaxation mechanisms are dominant.


Advanced Materials | 2017

{\rm Fe}_{3}{\rm O}_{4}

Amit V. Singh; Behrouz Khodadadi; Jamileh Beik Mohammadi; Sahar Keshavarz; Tim Mewes; D. S. Negi; Ranjan Datta; Zbigniew Galazka; Reinhard Uecker; Arunava Gupta

Spinel ferrite NiFe2 O4 thin films have been grown on three isostructural substrates, MgAl2 O4 , MgGa2 O4 , and CoGa2 O4 using pulsed laser deposition. These substrates have lattice mismatches of 3.1%, 0.8%, and 0.2%, respectively, with NiFe2 O4 . As expected, the films grown on MgAl2 O4 substrate show the presence of the antiphase boundary defects. However, no antiphase boundaries (APBs) are observed for films grown on near-lattice-matched substrates MgGa2 O4 and CoGa2 O4 . This demonstrates that by using isostructural and lattice-matched substrates, the formation of APBs can be avoided in NiFe2 O4 thin films. Consequently, static and dynamic magnetic properties comparable with the bulk can be realized. Initial results indicate similar improvements in film quality and magnetic properties due to the elimination of APBs in other members of the spinel ferrite family, such as Fe3 O4 and CoFe2 O4 , which have similar crystallographic structure and lattice constants as NiFe2 O4 .


Journal of Applied Physics | 2013

Magnetic Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution

Yishen Cui; Manli Ding; S. Joseph Poon; T. Paul Adl; Sahar Keshavarz; Tim Mewes; Stuart A. Wolf; Jiwei Lu

The crystallization process and the magnetization of Cr diluted CoFeB were investigated in both ribbon samples and thin film samples with Cr content up to 30 at. %. A primary crystallization of bcc phase from an amorphous precursor in ribbon samples was observed when the annealing temperature rose between 421 °C and 456 °C, followed by boron segregation at temperatures between 518 °C and 573 °C. The two onset crystallization temperatures showed strong dependences on both Cr and B concentrations. The impact of Cr concentration on the magnetic properties including a reduced saturation magnetization and an enhanced coercive field was also observed. The magnetizations of both ribbon samples and thin film samples were well fitted using the generalized Slater-Pauling curve with modified moments for B (−0.94 μB) and Cr (−3.6 μB). Possible origins of the enhanced coercive field were also discussed. We also achieved a damping parameter in CoFeCrB thin films at the same level as Co40Fe40B20, much lower than the val...


Journal of Materials Chemistry C | 2016

Bulk Single Crystal‐Like Structural and Magnetic Characteristics of Epitaxial Spinel Ferrite Thin Films with Elimination of Antiphase Boundaries

Karthik Ramasamy; H. Sims; Sahar Keshavarz; Nariman Naghibolashrafi; Arunava Gupta

Ferromagnetic materials exhibiting large spin polarization at room temperature have been actively pursued in recent years for the development of next-generation spintronic devices. Chromium-based chalcospinels are the only ternary chalcogenide-containing magnetic materials with Curie temperatures above room temperature. However, the magnetic and electronic properties of chromium-based chalcospinels at the nanoscale level are not well understood. We have developed a facile colloidal method for the synthesis of CuCr2S4−xSex (0 ≤ x ≤ 4) nanocrystals over the entire composition range. Systematic changes in the lattice parameter and elemental composition confirm formation of CuCr2S4−xSex (0 ≤ x ≤ 4) nanocrystals. The dimensions of the nanocrystals, as determined from TEM images, vary from 12 ± 1.4 nm to 21 ± 1.4 nm. The Curie temperature (TC) shows a systematic increase with increasing selenium content. Saturation magnetization and coercivity values of CuCr2S4−xSex (0 ≤ x ≤ 4) nanocrystals at 5 K are found to steadily increase up to x = 3. Electronic structure calculations as a function of composition and size using density functional theory suggest ferromagnetic ordering over the entire composition range with partial spin polarization for the bulk materials. Furthermore, the calculations predict complete opening-up of a gap at the Fermi level in the minority spin channel at reduced dimensions to render them completely spin polarized, i.e., display half-metallic characteristics.


Journal of Applied Physics | 2011

Structural and magnetic properties of Cr-diluted CoFeB

M. Pathak; Dipanjan Mazumdar; V. Karthik; X. Zhang; K. B. Chetry; Sahar Keshavarz; P. LeClair; Arunava Gupta

We have investigated (110) CrO2/natural barrier/Co magnetic tunnel junctions for their barrier and magneto-transport properties. A negative tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) of over 5% was observed in micro-fabricated devices at 4.2 K, which is comparable to TMR values obtained with (100) CrO2. Both transport and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy analysis reveal a natural barrier thickness 3.5 ± 0.5 nm. However, we obtain a low effective barrier height of 0.4 eV from transport measurements. The inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy showed significant bias dependence with peak positions showing vibrational modes, which deviate from stoichiometric Cr2O3. We conclude that the transport characteristics are controlled by defects within the natural barrier, consistent with recent theoretical reports.


Journal of Applied Physics | 2016

Nanocrystals of CuCr2S4−xSex chalcospinels with tunable magnetic properties

Matthias Althammer; Amit V. Singh; Sahar Keshavarz; Mehmet Kenan Yurtisigi; Rohan Mishra; Albina Y. Borisevich; P. LeClair; Arunava Gupta

We experimentally investigate the structural, magnetic, and electrical transport properties of La0.67 Sr0.33MnO3 based magnetic tunnel junctions with a SrSnO3 barrier. Our results show that despite the high density of defects in the strontium stannate barrier, due to the large lattice mismatch, the observed tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) is comparable to tunnel junctions with a better lattice matched SrTiO3 barrier, reaching values of up to 350% at T=5 K. Further analysis of the current-voltage characteristics of the junction and the bias voltage dependence of the observed tunnel magnetoresistance show a decrease of the TMR with increasing bias voltage. In addition, the observed TMR vanishes for T>200 K. Our results suggest that by employing a better lattice matched ferromagnetic electrode, and thus reducing the structural defects in the strontium stannate barrier, even larger TMR ratios might be possible in the future.


Physical Review B | 2016

Barrier height and tunneling aspects in (110) CrO2 with its natural barrier

Nariman Naghibolashrafi; Sahar Keshavarz; Vinay Hegde; Arunava Gupta; W. H. Butler; Jonathon Romero; Kamaram Munira; P. LeClair; Dipanjan Mazumdar; Jianhua Ma; Avik W. Ghosh; C. Wolverton


Bulletin of the American Physical Society | 2016

Investigation of the tunnel magnetoresistance in junctions with a strontium stannate barrier

Vinay Hegde; Nariman Naghibolashrafi; Sahar Keshavarz; Kamaram Munira; W. H. Butler; Pr Patrick LeClair; C. Wolverton


arXiv: Instrumentation and Detectors | 2014

Synthesis and characterization of Fe-Ti-Sb intermetallic compounds: Discovery of a new Slater-Pauling phase

Xing Zhong; Sahar Keshavarz; Josh Jones; Claudia Mewes; P. LeClair

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C. Wolverton

Northwestern University

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Tim Mewes

University of Alabama

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Vinay Hegde

Indian Institute of Science

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