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Tuning functional properties of thin caloric films by mechanical stress is currently of high interest. In particular, a controllable magnetisation or transition temperature is desired for improved usability in magnetocaloric devices. Here,…
We grew thin films of a heavy fermion chiral magnet YbNi$_3$Al$_9$ by using molecular beam epitaxy. They were grown on $c$-plane sapphire substrates under ultra-high vacuum while maintaining a deposition rate at a stoichiometric ratio among…
We studied the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic-semiconductor composites based on nickel and porous-GaN, motivated by the effort to couple magnetic and semiconductor functionality. Nickel-infiltrated and nickel-coated (laminated…
Ferromagnetic vortices deliver robust out-of-plane magnetization at extremely small scales. Their handling and creation therefore has high potential to become a necessary ingredient for future data storage technologies in order to keep up…
Co2MnSi (CMS) films of different thicknesses (20, 50 and 100 nm) were grown by radio frequency (RF) sputtering on a-plane sapphire substrates. Our X-rays diffraction study shows that, in all the samples, the cubic <110> CSM axis is normal…
Thin films of the recently discovered magnesium diboride (MgB2) intermetalic superconducting compound have been grown using a magnetron sputtering deposition technique followed by in-situ annealing at 830 C. High quality films were obtained…
Superconducting NbTiN thin films have garnered extensive interest due to their use in Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) and other low-temperature applications for potential use in quantum computing and…
The reorientation transition of the magnetization of ferromagnetic films is studied on a microscopic basis within a Heisenberg spin model. Using a modified mean field formulation it is possible to calculate properties of magnetic thin films…
The paper describes the capability of magnetic softening of a coarse grained bulk material by a severe deformation technique. Connecting the microstructure with magnetic properties, the coercive field decreases dramatically for grains…
We report a strong size dependence of coercivity in amorphous ferrimagnetic TbFeCo films. The as-deposited film exhibited a low saturation magnetization (Ms=100 emu/cc) and a high perpendicular anisotropy (Ku=10^6 erg/cc). Hall-bar devices…
For decades, mechanical resonators with high sensitivity have been realized using thin-film materials under high tensile loads. Although there have been remarkable strides in achieving low-dissipation mechanical sensors by utilizing high…
The rapid advancement of digital technologies necessitates significant progress in functional materials, which are often derived from scarce elements and involve complex manufacturing processes. Additionally, the trend towards…
We have studied the properties of relatively thick (about 120 nm) magnetic composite films grown by pulsed laser deposition method using (GaSb)$_{0.59}$(MnSb)$_{0.41}$ eutectic compound as a target for sputtering. For the studied films we…
Bulk nanocrystalline materials of small and medium ferromagnetic content were produced using severe plastic deformation by high-pressure torsion at roomtemperature. Giant magnetoresistive behavior was found for as deformed materials, which…
Niobium thin films on silicon substrate used in the fabrication of superconducting qubits have been characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electrical transport, magnetization, quasiparticle spectroscopy, and…
Manganese silicide (MnxSiy) thin films with Mn content (CMn) varied from 24 at. % to 52 at. % were grown on i-GaAs (100) substrates. Chemical, phase composition and room temperature magnetic properties of the films were investigated. It was…
We report the reduction in residual stress of AlN thin films and also the crystal structure, surface morphology and nanomechanical properties of magnetron sputtered as a function of substrate temperature (Ts, 35 - 600 ?C). The residual…
In this work, we studied phase formation, structural and magnetic properties of iron-nitride (Fe-N) thin films deposited using high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and direct current magnetron sputtering (dc-MS). The nitrogen…
50nm thick nanogranular polycrystalline dysprosium thin films have been prepared via ultra-high vacuum DC sputtering on SiO2 and Si wafers. The maximum in-plane spontaneous magnetization at T = 4K was found to be MS4K = 3.28T for samples…