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Theoretical and experimental investigation of the electronic and magnetic structure of transition metal atoms on an insulating interface with a metallic substrate at low temperatures is quite challenging. In this paper, we show a density…
Powder neutron diffraction experiments have been employed to establish the effects of site-selective magnetic dilution in the Sm2MnMnMn4-x Tix O12 A-site columnar ordered quadruple perovskite manganites (x = 1, x = 2 and x = 3). We show…
We present results of electrical resistivity, magnetoresistance and ac and dc magnetic susceptibility on polycrystalline samples of the type La(0.5)Ca(0.5-x)Ba(x)MnO(3) synthesized under identical heat treatment conditions. The substitution…
We studied structural and magnetic properties of a series of insulating double perovskite compounds, La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuRuO$_{6}$ (0 $\le$ x $\le$ 1), representing doping via \textit{A}-site substitution. The end members…
We report the use of high magnetomechanical coupling ferrites in magnetoelectric (ME) layered composites. Bilayer samples combining $(Ni_{0.973} Co_{0.027})_{1-x} Zn_x Fe_2 O_4$ ferrites ($x = 0-0.5$) synthesized by non conventional…
We investigate Co nanostructures on Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ by means of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy [STM/STS], X-ray absorption spectroscopy [XAS], X-ray magnetic dichroism [XMCD] and calculations using the density functional…
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The structural, dielectric, magnetic, and magnetoelectric (ME) properties of particulate composites containing lead-iron niobate and lead titanate piezoelectric 0.94[PbFe$_{0.5}$Nb$_{0.5}$O$_3$]-0.06[PbTi$_{0.5}$O$_3$] (PFN-PT) and…
Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations and Monte-Carlo (MC) simulations, we investigate the recently reported magnetic transition in B2 Al-Cr-Co alloys. The Cr sublattice is alloyed with different amounts of Co in the…
Precise neutron-scattering experiments on La$_{1.88-y}$Sr$_{0.12+y}$Cu$_{0.99}$R$_{0.01}$O$_4$ ($y$=0 for R=Cu, Zn and $y$=0.01 for R=Ga, Fe) were performed to examine the stability of stripe order in cuprate oxides through impurity…
We fabricated two types of cobalt-ferrite (001) thin films, insulative Fe-rich cobalt-ferrite CoxFe3-xO4+{\delta} (I-CFO) and conductive Fe-rich cobalt-ferrite CoyFe3-yO4 (C-CFO), with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) on MgO (001)…
By understanding the small easy axis magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) of hexagonal Ce2Co17, an attempt has been made to improve anisotropy and consequently to obtain better characteristics for a high energy permanent magnet via…
Co$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$Cr$_2$O$_4$ crystallizes as a normal spinel in the cubic $Fd \overline{3}m$ space group, and the end members have been reported to display a region of collinear ferrimagnetism as well as a low-temperature spin-spiral state…
Iron oxide is one of the most important components in Earth's mantle. Recent discovery of the stable presence of Fe5O6 at Earth's mantle environment stimulates significant interests in the understanding of this new category of iron oxides.…
Fe-Co alloys with induced tetragonal strain are promising materials for rare-earth-free permanent magnets. However, as ultrathin-film studies have shown, tetragonal Fe-Co structures tend to a rapid relaxation toward a cubic structure as the…
We report results of density-functional theory calculations on the structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of (1x1)-structures of Co on Cu(001) for coverages up to two monolayers. In particular we discuss the tendency towards phase…
We investigate the interplay of spin-orbit coupling, electronic correlations, and lattice distortions in the $5d^1$ double perovskite Ba$_2$MgReO$_6$. Combining density-functional theory (DFT) and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT), we…
Magnetic properties of core-shell cobalt ferrite nanoparticles 15 to 48nm prepared by a sol-gel route have been studied. It is shown that the coercivity follows non-monotonic size dependence varying as 1/d above the maximum (d is the…
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The ordering of cations in the B sublattice remains a challenging issue in double perovskites. In this work, a combined experimental and theoretical approach was employed to investigate the Co/Nb distribution in Ca$_2$CoNbO$_6$ and its…