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The modulated optical reflectance (MOR) measurement technique was applied to colossal magnetoresistive materials, in particular, La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films. The contactless measurement scheme is prospective for many applications…
Thin-film colossal magnetoresistance manganites such as La$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ (LCMO) have now been intensely studied for more than a decade, but the issue of possible nanoscale electronic phase separation is not fully solved.…
Hybrid multiferroics such as BiFeO$_3$ (BFO) and La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$ (LSMO) heterostructures are highly interesting functional systems due to their complex electronic and magnetic properties. One of the key parameters influencing…
First-principles calculations based on density-functional theory in the pseudo-potential approach have been performed for the total energy, crystal structure and cell polarization for SrTaO$_2$N/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures. Different…
In the bulk, LaCoO3 (LCO) is a paramagnet, yet in tensile strained thin films at low temperature ferromagnetism (FM) is observed, and its origin remains unresolved. Polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) is a powerful tool to determine the…
The effect of gold capping on magnetic and transport properties of optimally doped manganite thin films is studied. An extraordinary suppression of conductivity and magnetic properties occurs in epitaxial (001) La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO_3 (LSMO)…
We present a detailed study on the magnetic properties, including anisotropy, reversal fields, and magnetization reversal processes, of well characterized half-metallic epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films grown onto SrTiO3 (STO)…
Atomically sharp oxide heterostructures exhibit a range of novel physical phenomena that do not occur in the parent bulk compounds. The most prominent example is the appearance of highly conducting and superconducting states at the…
The LAO/STO interface hosts a two-dimensional electron system that is unusually sensitive to the application of an in-plane magnetic field. Low-temperature experiments have revealed a giant negative magnetoresistance (dropping by 70\%),…
We investigate energetic stability and dissociation dynamics of water adsorption at the LaAlO3 surface of the n-type LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) interface and its effect on electronic properties of the interface by carrying out first-principles…
High-performance non-volatile resistive random access memories (ReRAM) and their small stimuli control are of immense interest for high-speed computation and big-data processing in the emergent Internet of Things (IOT) arena. Here, we…
Altermagnetism is a recently identified magnetic state in which time-reversal symmetry is broken despite a collinear compensated spin structure. The response of altermagnets is determined not only by their $d$-, $g$-, or $i$-wave spin…
The performance of advanced magnetic tunnel junctions build of ferromagnetic (FM) electrodes and MgO as insulating barrier depends decisively on the properties of the FM/insulator interface. Here, we investigate interface formation between…
Ceramic samples, produced by conventional sintering method in ambient air, 6H-SrMnO$_3$(6H-SMO), 15R-BaMnO$_3$(15R-BMO), 4H-Ba$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_3$(4H-BSMO) were studied. In the XRD measurements for SMO the new anomalies of the lattice…
Oxygen vacancies are increasingly recognized to play a role in phenomena observed at transition-metal oxide interfaces. Here we report a study of SrRuO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (SRO/LSMO) interfaces using a combination of quantitative…
The progress in the fabrication of nanoscale systems based on the two-dimensional electron gas at the interface between LaAlO$_3$ and SrTiO$_3$ (LAO/STO) has created an increased demand for simulations of these nanostructures, which…
We have been able to synthesize Lu+3 substituted La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO) by an auto-combustion method. Synthesis of this compound is not successful by conventional ceramic or other chemical methods. Magnetic and electrical transport…
Ab initio calculations using the local spin density approximation and also including the Hubbard $U$ have been performed for three low energy configurations of the interface between LaAlO$_3$ and TiO$_2$-anatase. Two types of interfaces…
We report on spin atomistic calculations used to model static and dynamic magnetic properties of inhomogeneous ultrathin iron films. Active magnetic layers in next-generation spintronic devices are becoming so thin that they exhibit some…
Magnetic properties of a series of (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrRuO3) superlattices, where the SrRuO3 layer thickness is varying, are examined. A room-temperature magnetocaloric effect is obtained owing to the finite size effect which reduces the TC…