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The intrinsic substitutional and antisite defects cause unintentional doping and shift of the E_F position above the conduction band minimum in the AFM topological insulator (TI) MnBi2Te4. This prevents measurements of the quantum anomalous…
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The BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 compounds with x = 0 (parent), x = 0.10 (under-doped), x = 0.31, 0.33, 0.53 (superconductors with Tc = 27.3 K, 27.6 K, 13.9 K, respectively) and x = 0.70, 0.77 (over-doped) have been investigated versus temperature using…
The recently discovered superconducting - spin density wave materials, containing Fe and As, have raised huge interest. However most materials prepared to date, suffer from a varying degree of content of foreign Fe-As phases, Fe2As, FeAs2…
Using low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy, we study substitutions of Fe atoms for Co ones in Co_3-xFe_xSi Heusler-compound films grown on Si and Ge. Even for the low-temperature grown Heusler-compound films, the Co-Fe atomic substitution…
We use laser-based Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES) to study how chemical substitution modifies the electronic properties of the Bi2(Se{1-x}Tex)3 (BiSeTe) family of topological insulators. We find that increasing the Te…
We studied by M\"{o}ssbauer spectroscopy the Na$_{0.82}$CoO$_2$ compound using 1% $^{57}$Fe as a local probe which substitutes for the Co ions. M\"{o}ssbauer spectra at T=300 K revealed two sites which correspond to Fe$^{3+}$ and Fe$^{4+}$.…
Cementite Fe3C is studied with first-principles calculations. Two possible positions of carbon atoms in the iron sublattice are considered: with prismatic or octahedral environment. Mossbauer spectra (MS) with parameters calculated for both…
Thin films of Topological insulators (TIs) coupled with ferromagnets (FMs) are excellent candidates for energy-efficient spintronics devices. Here, the effect of crystalline structural disorder of TI on interfacial and magnetic properties…
We report a comprehensive study of the temperature-dependent structural, magnetic, vibrational, and dielectric properties of Al-substituted M-type hexaferrites SrFe$_{12-x}$Al$_x$O$_{19}$. Neutron powder diffraction and M\"ossbauer…
We theoretically investigate the possibility of establishing ferromagnetism in the topological insulator Bi2Se3 via magnetic doping of 3d transition metal elements. The formation energies, charge states, band structures, and magnetic…
We combine low energy muon spin rotation (LE-$\mu$SR) and soft-X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (SX-ARPES) to study the magnetic and electronic properties of magnetically doped topological insulators, (Bi,Sb)$_2$Te$_3$. We…
Iron-substitution in hexagonal YMnO3 causes isostructural intra-lattice changes exceeding those of the lattice cell, contrary to the effects of non-magnetic B-site dopants. Magnetization M(T) evidence antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering of the…
Three-dimensional (3-D) topological insulators (TI) are characterized by the presence of metallic surface states and a bulk band gap. Recently theoretical and experimental studies have shown an induced gap in the surface state bands of TI…
We present a comprehensive study of the crystal structure of the thin-film, ferromagnetic topological insulator (Bi, Sb)$_{2-x}$V$_x$Te$_3$. The dissipationless quantum anomalous Hall edge states it manifests are of particular interest for…
General expressions of the electron yield in (^{57})Fe integral conversion electron M\"ossbauer spectroscopy were derived depending on the angle of incidence of the (\gamma)-rays, on the source polarization and on the isotopic abundance of…
The effects of off-stoichiometry and elemental substitution on electronic properties of iron-based ladder compound BaFe$_{2}$S$_{3}$ are investigated. Resistivity and magnetization are revealed to be quite sensitive to the stoichiometry of…
Octahedral Fe$^{2+}$ molecules are particularly interesting as they often exhibit a spin-crossover transition. In spite of the many efforts aimed at assessing the performances of density functional theory for such systems, an…
This study investigates methods for controlling the physical properties of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ (MBT) by substituting Mn with Pb in Mn$_{1-x}$Pb$_x$Bi$_2$Te$_4$ (MPBT) solid solutions. This…